downstrike's definitions

entity

1. A being or creature.

2. Legalese for "person".

2. You don't actually have to be a person to be an entity because of corporate personhood.

by Downstrike September 13, 2004

Legalese

The dialect that the "legal" profession uses to hoodwink people into paying them a week's wage for an hour's work. See conflict of interest.

Attorneys use Legalese to be able to tell lies about regular people without the regular people being able to understand what's said about them.

by Downstrike September 13, 2004

corporate personhood

The legal doctrine by which a corporation is called an entity instead of property of a person who owns it.

The result of corporate personhood is that corporations have more rights than people do.

Corporate personhood has been outlawed by the city or Arcata, California.

by Downstrike September 13, 2004

Attorney

A legislator-in-training who hopes to grow up to be a real politician some day. See job security.

Most legilators either have been, or eventually become attorneys, who practice the very law that legislators write, leading to a horrific conflict of interest between the two professions, by which government of the people is by the attorneys, for the attorneys.

by Downstrike September 13, 2004

legal

A one-word oxymoron, when it comes to the profession called "legal".

See attorney, legislator, and conflict of interest.

by Downstrike September 13, 2004

Hammer Lane

The way to Micke Grove from Hwy. 99.

It's not my fault that you've never been to Stockton!

by Downstrike September 13, 2004

pedofile

What people who can't spell will write in place of pedophile.

Chance are, they really mean pedosexual.

by Downstrike September 13, 2004