On 12/25/2020 8:34 AM, James Catchpole - jlcatchpole at googlemail.com
(via tml list) wrote:
> That leads on to other legal or official entanglements. If the TU has
> anything like the requirement across much of the real world to serve
> or deliver legal documents to a person or registered legal entity's
> address, or even simple messages the owner expects but doesn't want to
> receive, then that is much harder if either of those are mobile -
> again much more so in the TU where there is no FTL communication.
>
> For example, 'My lord, the Duke's agent has been asking some awkward
> questions, I think he will be seeking an audience with you to ask
> about that matter we discussed.' 'I see. That would be embarrassing
> right now. I think a little sojourn is in order, and I may just change
> my mind about the itinerary once we have departed.'

This is a good point, though I would think that given the nature of
communications and the lag time in the TU, I would suspect that
delivering the papers/warrant/etc. to the individual's legal
representation of note (and at that social level, they would have that)
would constitute "being served" and it would then be up to the legal
representation to contact the wayward skipper...

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