I live in the United States. I have noticed that every government document with my name on it misspells my name by printing it in all capital letters. According to every English grammar and style guide I've seen, proper nouns such as people's names are not to be spelled in all capital letters. In fact, names spelled in all capital letters are considered to be acronyms.
My understanding is that in order to be valid, a legal filing must name all parties precisely and unambiguously. Every last letter and piece of punctuation is critical (has "deadly force.") Since my name as it appears in the government's records is not really my name, but rather a legal fiction, how can a court claim jurisdiction over my actual person? It's not within my power to appear as a fictitious character, and the law cannot command an impossibility. In the absence of having a person to answer for the crime, would a court be forced to dismiss?
My understanding is that in order to be valid, a legal filing must name all parties precisely and unambiguously. Every last letter and piece of punctuation is critical (has "deadly force.") Since my name as it appears in the government's records is not really my name, but rather a legal fiction, how can a court claim jurisdiction over my actual person? It's not within my power to appear as a fictitious character, and the law cannot command an impossibility. In the absence of having a person to answer for the crime, would a court be forced to dismiss?
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