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Originally Posted by photon
Yeah that's basically it, they think their contrived documents and the words they use are some kind of magic spell that'll compel the lawyers and judges to do what they want.
They fail to see that legal language is a tool used by the legal system, it isn't the legal system itself, and that decisions are ultimately made by people based on reason. The words used facilitate communication about intent and requirements and such, but the words aren't magic.
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For many FOTL, this may be true but there are interesting parallels in tax protesters (ie: Wesley Snipes) that either believe or are coached into believing that this magical system actually exists and is only hidden from the lay people through massive institutional conspiracy.
IIRC, Snipes argued that his name on his birth certificate was in capital letters and was therefore not the same individual as himself and was actually a legal entity that the Treasury maintained a secret bank account for and from which he could withdraw from if he submitted bills of exchange to the IRS. These were of course just fictitious contrivances and not real conveyances.