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#89853 12/30/02 01:34 PM
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Yes, amazing how many words in Maori and Hawaiian are so much alike. In late 1980s when a group of Trustees from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs went to to meet the Maori Chiefs they had very little trouble understanding each other - each speaking in their own language!
And the calling of the Kupuna is the same in the chant (oli)preceeding Hawaiian gatherings.



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Hauoli Makahiki Hao!

(I think?...)

sjm, what is it wherever you are (I haven't quite figured that one out yet...)?

maria


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What do you have if you've got a dozen lawyers buried up to their necks in sand? Not enough sand.

Power of attorney is a phrase that specifically means that one person has been legally granted the power and responsibility to make legal decisions on the behalf of someone else. For example, an aging parent who is ill may grant power of attorney to his or her son or daughter in anticipation of later loss of mental functioning. Once that is done, if the ill person requires surgery it is the power-of-attorney who must sign the consent forms, even if the patient still is mentally competent. I suppose it also pertains to other legal actions like selling property.


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In the U.S., the Solicitor General is "the government's lawyer". He or she is a presidential appointee who argues cases for the govt. in the upper federal courts and chiefly before the Supreme Court. The Attorney General is the head of the Justice Dept. and is sort of the chief prosecutor of the U.S., except that he doesn't appear in court.


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Hmm--think I'll ask Sparteye to have a look here. In my experience, the general public calls all the "legal eagles" lawyers, whereas they tend to refer to themselves as attorneys. I had always thought it was simply a matter of pride, but am not sure after reading kupuna's post (welcome, by the way). (No offense, kup.--Sparteye's the only one I can think of who is a posting U.S. attorney--er, or lawyer. I don't know if you are.)
Attorneys who have ads on TV here always have a disclaimer to the effect that "Kentucky law does not recognize specialties within the practice of law" (funny, to hear that at the end of an ad that says, "If you've been injured in a car wreck, call Dewey Cheatem"), so that furthered my impression that anyone who has a law degree can (theoretically) practice any kind of law.

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The call that welcomes guests onto the marae always invites the departed tipuna to come first.
That's really neat, sjm. Thank you for posting that. I think it's important to remember who we came from, for when we forget, we are lost. If they were the right kind of people, then we can try to emulate them. If they were not, or if we don't know, then we can try to live our lives better.



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