Lien might be sued

[Firestar27]

Lien better watch out. If she keeps throwing those Detect Evils around, someone might send her a cease and desist order (which is also quite funny to pronouce as cist and decease, which are both words and make sense together). She might also have to defend herself against a class-action suit.
http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0228.html

[Roderick_BR]

(which is also quite funny to pronouce as cist and decease, which are both words and make sense together).
Don't worry, she's immune to diseases :smallamused:

Of course, the issue with the lawyers thing could be easily solved. The paladin's detect evil ability is part of their policial force, and granted by an higher power. The lawyer would have to deal directly with their superiors (the Twelve Gods) to order them to stop using it.

Unless they are taken to a federal court...

[Firestar27]

Don't worry, she's immune to diseases :smallamused:

Of course, the issue with the lawyers thing could be easily solved. The paladin's detect evil ability is part of their policial force, and granted by an higher power. The lawyer would have to deal directly with their superiors (the Twelve Gods) to order them to stop using it.

Unless they are taken to a federal court...

But they can cite legal precedent with Belkar's cease and desist order against "she-whose-name-shall-turn-a-thread-into-a-flame-war-but-starts-with-an-'M'"

[Lupy]

She is an entirely different matter.

[Gamerlord]

She has nothing to do with this thread.
Anyway I'm sure Lien is nice and safe as long as daddy hinjo keeps his daughter safe.

[unstattedCommoner]

But they can cite legal precedent with Belkar's cease and desist order against "she-whose-name-shall-turn-a-thread-into-a-flame-war-but-starts-with-an-'M'"

That was an interim injunction granted at a without notice hearing, mostly likely with the claimant making significantly less than full material disclosure. Its precedential value is therefore roughly zero.

[Gamerlord]

That was an interim injunction granted at a without notice hearing, mostly likely with the claimant making significantly less than full material disclosure. Its precedential value is therefore roughly zero.
And you know this how?

[unstattedCommoner]

And you know this how?

It's all in here (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0228.html).

[Morgan Wick]

When I first saw this thread, the first thing I really thought was that Lien sounds like a legal term...

[*Templar*]

While I'm thinking of Thief's lawninja from 8-Bit Theater...

[QuoVadisNation]

You are all genuinely crazy. Everyone knows the Azure Kingdom passed the Paladin Act of 2003, making the right to privacy forfeit in cases where lawful evil and chaotic evils are potential terrorists to the state. The lawyer in that comic was just hoping to settle outside of court. Freakin' leech!

[Rebelle]

You ROCK, QuoVadisNation!!

[Roderick_BR]

But they can cite legal precedent with Belkar's cease and desist order against "she-whose-name-shall-turn-a-thread-into-a-flame-war-but-starts-with-an-'M'"
Well, just think about this: Someone makes a cease and desist order to a guy carrying a gun, because he shot some people.
Details: Said "people" were criminals.
His job, is being the President of the United States' bodyguard (is that what is called secret service?), and he was... well, protecting the president from terrorists.
What you think are the chances said order will even be looked at? You'd need to go over him, and talk directly to the people responsible with his job and/or the president to convince them to fire the guy.

[Firestar27]

Well, just think about this: Someone makes a cease and desist order to a guy carrying a gun, because he shot some people.
Details: Said "people" were criminals.
His job, is being the President of the United States' bodyguard (is that what is called secret service?), and he was... well, protecting the president from terrorists.
What you think are the chances said order will even be looked at? You'd need to go over him, and talk directly to the people responsible with his job and/or the president to convince them to fire the guy.

But Miko wasn't protecting someone from evil. She was searching in case there might be evil. Even the President's bodyguard can't search without a warrant.
But the Paladin Act might help.

[Joran]

Lien sounds like a legal term...

It is.

lien: a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law.

Basically, if you owe money on something, the creditors can put a lien on your house.