Nobility Bill

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So something like this:
People of Shireroth Bill
A Bill to amend the Lawbook to create a new Chapter on People of Shireroth, and for related matters.

Section 1.
This Act may be cited as the People of Shireroth Act 1653.

Section 2.
This Act repeals Imperial Decrees 702 (Imperial Peerage), 885 (Order of Precedence) and 893 (Honour in Service). It repeals the Lawbook, Chapter 2, Section B.

Section 3.
The Schedule to this Act shall be inscribed in the Lawbook as Chapter 7: The People of Shireroth
Section A: Citizenship

All free persons (belonging to recognized sentient species) who in the Imperial Republic hold a noble title or are of noble dignity are citizens of the Imperial Republic. The exception is persons holding the title Imperial Baron/Baroness. They are recognized to be nobles of Shireroth without holding citizenship.


Section B: Nobility

The nobility consists of the Kaiser at its apex followed by persons with noble titles and persons with noble dignity.


Section C: Noble Titles

1. The Kaiser creates noble titles the Imperial Republic.

2. The Kaiser, when creating a noble title, decides if the title may be succeeded to, and if so, the Kaiser makes rules for the succession to that title.

3. Noble titles created by the Kaiser, may be prefixed with the adjective Imperial, and come in the form of (highest rank to lowest) Prince/Princess (2), Duke/Duchess (3), Marquess/Marchioness (4), Count/Countess (5), Viscount/Viscountess (6), Baron/Baroness (7), Lord/Lady in Shirekeep (8), Lord/Lady of Service (X). Their rank is indicated by the number in parenthesis after the title. Lawful spouses are ranked the same as their title-holding spouse.

4. The Kaiser is ranked (1). The Kaiser’s lawful spouse and children are ranked (2) for the duration of the kaisership.

5. Lord or Lady in Service (X) is a noble title held for the duration of a certain office. It may not be inherited or transferred. Its rank is the hierarchy is decided for an individual for the duration of the office by the Kaiser.

6. Imperial States may create noble titles by its own law. Such noble titles may be prefixed or suffixed by an appropriate adjective of that Imperial States.

7. The head of the Imperial State, regardless of his or her noble title, holds the rank (2) for the duration of his/her tenure. All noble titles created by the Imperial State are rank (3) or lower.

8. Noble titles created by an Imperial State shall either be in the form in Subsection 3 where they have the same rank, or they shall have unique titles. Unique titles shall be sent over to the Kaiser along with their specific ranks.

9. Among persons of the same rank, imperial titles rank higher than state titles, inheritable titles rank higher than uninheritable titles, and older titles rank higher than younger titles.


Section D: Noble dignity

1. Any person who holds or has held a noble title (excepting Lord/Lady in Service) has noble dignity for life, subject to this Section.

2. Noble dignity extends to the lawful spouse of the person with noble dignity, and to their legitimate descendants with their lawful spouses.

3. A person’s noble dignity is extended to his or her illegitimate or adopted child if such child has been living with him/her for ten years.

4. Persons of noble dignity, who hold no noble title, have rank (9).

5. A person with noble dignity who has put the nobility into disrepute may have his or her noble dignity removed by the Kaiser, upon the advice of the Imperial Advisory Council. If his/her spouse or descendants derive their noble dignity from him/her alone, their noble dignity shall be extenguished also.

6. Persons who have renounced their Shirerithian citizenship lose their noble dignity. This extends to their descendants and spouse if they derive their noble dignity from the renouncer.


Section E: Denizenship

1. All free persons (belonging to recognized sentient species) who are legally resident in the Imperial Republic hold denizenship in the Imperial Republic. A denizen who temporarily resides in another country remains a denizen.

2. Denizens have the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for the duration of their denizenship. None of these rights shall be taken from them without a trial. They have free movement throughout the Imperial Republic and have the right to enter and leave the territory of the Imperial Republic.

3. Foreigners who seeks denizeniship in the Imperial Republic shall make certain that they (1) are free (not a slave, not in indentured servitude, etc.), (2) belong to a recognized sentient species, and (3) do not hold citizenship, denizenship or allegiance to any entity of evil or annoyance (as proscribed by imperial law).

4. If the Steward, or in stead of the Steward, the appropriate minister or their deputy, is satisfied that the foreigner meets the criteria set forth in Subsection 3, he or she shall issue the foreigner with a certificate of denizenship.

5. Denizens hold the rank (10)


Section F: Foreigners.

1. Foreigners who have entered the Imperial Republic with the permission of the Imperial Government (by treaty, visa, or invitation) are protected by the Imperial Republic, and shall hold a temporary rank of 10 for the duration of their visit, unless they by the Ministry of the Exterior (or the Kaiser) are afforded a service rank of nobility for the duration of their visit.

2. Indentured servants and slaves brought by the foreigner into Shirekeep for the duration of the visit shall be taxed and be given the rank (11) and (12) respectively for the duration of their visit.

3. Foreigners are criminally and civilly liable for any offences caused by them during their stay in the Imperial Republic.

4. Whosoever injures a foreigner under the protection of the Imperial Republic commits a crime against the Imperial Republic and shall answer for that crime within the law of the Imperial Republic.

5. Foreigners who enter the Imperial Republic unlawfully become loyal subjects of the Kaiser.


Section G: Loyal Subjects of the Kaiser

1. Denizens who by their free choice give unto a person of noble dignity of the Imperial Republic full rights to their body and labour and to the fruits of both body and labour enter into a feudal relationship with that noble to whom they have given the rights, and they shall be classed a Loyal Subject of the Kaiser. Such a relationship may by the Noble in question be terminated or transferred to another Noble, provided that for either option, 5 days notice is given to the loyal subject in question.

2. Loyal subjects of the Kaiser have the right from their noble of responsibility to receive appropriate clothing, food, drink and, on average, 9 hours of rest every day (including sleep). They shall not be physically injured unless they have disobeyed their noble of responsibility. Punishments inflicting injury shall be proportional to the disobedience.

3. There is established the Imperial Ombudsman for the Loyal Subjects of the Kaiser to oversee the treatment of loyal subjects and prosecute any maltreatment. The Ombudsman is appointed by the Steward.

4. To honour the sacrifice made by the free will of a loyal subject, the Priest of the Fire of Victory, Atash Behram Der Bareber Sathrati, shall perform a rite of celebrating that sacrificial soul, and inscribe their name in a Scroll of Loyal Subjecthood including who their Noble of responsibility is. Upon termination (whereupon the subject enters into denizenship), birth, death or transfer of a loyal subject, the Scroll of Loyal Subjecthood shall accordingly be amended.


5. A woman, who is loyal subject of the Kaiser and who during her servitude give birth to a child, shall present to her noble of responsibility her child. The child shall too become a loyal subject of the Kaiser.

6. Loyal subjects of the Kaiser are ranked (11).

6. The noble of responsibility for the loyal subject is civilly responsible for the actions of the loyal subject.


Section H: Community servant

1. A person who has committed a crime will upon sentencing have a choice between adhering to the court’s sentence or becoming the inalienable property of the Imperial Republic (“community servant”). The Court may also elect, instead of handing out the punishment prescribed by law, to make the offender become a community servant in the care of the Imperial Republic.

2. A child born to a community servant woman is a community servant in care of the care of the same noble of their mother.

3. Community servants may be transferred to the care of another noble.

4. The careholder of a community servant is civilly and criminally responsible for the actions of the community servant. Aside from that, there exists no restriction to what the careholder may do with the community servant or order the community servant to do.

5. The Kaiser may, upon the petition of the careholder of the community servant, elevate the community servant to loyal subject of the Kaiser. The Kaiser may, upon the petition of the noble responsible, cause a loyal subject of the Kaiser to become a community servant of the noble responsible if the Kaiser is satisfied that the loyal subject has a history of behaviour that warrants community servitude.

6. Community servant are ranked (12).
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Following market testing with a focus group drawn of foreign nationals who are citizens of our foremost trading partners, I suggest replacing the word "slave" with "community servant". Slavery has certain negative connotations which we should probably try to avoid.

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The Tarjeisson Trust wrote:Following market testing with a focus group drawn of foreign nationals who are citizens of our foremost trading partners, I suggest replacing the word "slave" with "community servant". Slavery has certain negative connotations which we should probably try to avoid.
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Any thing to add in the debate?
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Lord Prætor,

There having been no more debate, I move to vote on my bill, as amended.
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Yeah ok. 48 hours.
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Aye.

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Aye
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Two in favor. None against. Passes.
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