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PENDS Page 12 of 13 May 2011 LoAR
THE FOLLOWING ITEMS HAVE BEEN PENDED UNTIL THE October 2011 LAUREL MEETING (OR AS NOTED):
ANSTEORRA
Asiya bint Mikha’il. Name change from Anastassia Mikhailovna Donskoi.
The submitter requested authenticity for Arabic language and culture. This request was not summarized by kingdom. As the
article used to document these elements covers a considerable time and space, this is pended to allow commenters to identify
whether these elements could have been in use in a particular time and place within the Arabic-speaking world.
The name is certainly registerable; we are pending it to try to address the submitter’s authenticity request.
This was item 1 on the Ansteorra letter of February 28, 2011.
CAID
Caid, Kingdom of. Order name Order of the Argent Star.
This name conflicts with the registered Order of the Argent Morningstar of Trimaris. The kingdom name cannot bring these
names clear of conflict (though it would be sufficient for them to be registered with a letter of permission to conflict).
Therefore, the question at hand is whether Argent Star is clear of Argent Morningstar. The Rules for Submissions say:
Two non-personal names with different numbers of descriptive elements conflict if the only difference in the
descriptive parts is the addition of one or more modifiers to a single, already modified root element.... The Order of
the Black Rampant Lion conflicts with the Black Lion Herald, however, since Rampant is added to an already
modified noun.
In this case, Morningstar can be understood as an adjective "morning" added to a noun "star." Indeed, Green Staff observes
that even the weapon is often referred to as a "morning star" (two words). Therefore, the comparison between the items is
exactly parallel to the comparison between Black Rampant Lion and Black Lion quoted above. Thus, the name cannot be
registered without permission to conflict.
Trimaris has expressed willingness to give permission, but the letter they sent had technical issues and must be sent again. This
name is pended to allow the kingdom time to obtain an appropriate letter of permission to conflict.
This was item 2 on the Caid letter of January 27, 2011.