Gouverneur General d'Armagnac
GOUVERNEUR GENERAL OUTLINES PLANS
Atyr, May19, 5112: Gouverneur General Honore d”Armagnac discussed his plans with CLAIRON PICARD who asked if much would change:
Our plans are largely the same as those of the Rochambeau Administration. Maintaining the safety net, promoting economic growth, being a good neighbor seeking peace in Terra.
Probably aware Federation Canrille was formed to combat confiscatory taxation. But pursued that end by appealing to Sovereign People to give us the power to make that change. We still very much support democratically elected government.
Since coming out of isolation we have found international trade can help all nations prosper. Make no mistake, expanding international trade is a very difficult task since many nations still live in isolation and quite a few want to make no changes.
We also are trying to right size, properly organize and modernize our military as we come out of isolation. Along this line we applaud progress on curbing nuclear weapons and accounting for their state of decay.
Asked by CLAIRON PICARD what he thought of Lourenne becoming a republic and deposing Queen Catherine, Armagnac responded:
Finally, it is up to the people of Lourenne what kind of government they want not us. But we are saddened that our Queen is not still Queen of Lourenne.
CLAIRON PICARD
CAN NOBLES STILL HOLD LAND IN FEE TAILLE?
Atyr, May 23, 5112: The deposing of Queen Catherine has led to a lot of discussion among title attorneys and real estate dealers of how nobles can hold land, and Justice Minister Madeleine Pigalle did address one question that ran through much of the discussion:
Can nobles hold title to land which can only be inherited by a male? Generally no, but there is narrow exception. People usually get land by deed or by a provision in a will. Sometimes the deed follows a tax sale or foreclosure but it is still a deed. There is also intestate devolution or inheritance.
Provisions in wills and deeds and inheritance rules do not allow title to land to be only held by males, and provisions trying to confine conveyances or inheritance or wills to males are void as against public policy. So generally no, nobles can not do that any more than you or I can.
The limited exception arises from the titles of nobility themselves. The monarch may have set up an inheritable title any way she or he saw fit. Could have been only unmarried women but were not; some were in fact to be inherited by nearest male heir.
So a noble title can be male only if that was way monarch set it up. At point nobility was allowed to again be claimed no land was tied to any title.
So limited way for fee taille to function is a conveyance to be held by the holder of a certain title. A will could do the same. So a male only provision could apply because title holder has to be a male.
But this is more limited than it appears because title must vest in fee simple under the Rule Against Perpetuities within a life in being and 21 years. So unless under the particular circumstances the conditions of the Rule Against Perpetuities were met, the provision would be void.
Justice Minister Pigalle