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'''Junkman''': Did you actually see it drive onto the lot? I didn't think so. This is a domicile. }} |
'''Junkman''': Did you actually see it drive onto the lot? I didn't think so. This is a domicile. }} |
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** Unfortunately, in the real world this argument would fail -- the ordinance does not require the vehicle to be in drivable condition, and for that a matter a derelict vehicle would have ''less'' reasonable expectation of privacy than an operable one. (While house trailers ''are'' considered domiciles if stationary, that is because they are incapable of moving without being towed.) |
** Unfortunately, in the real world this argument would fail -- the ordinance does not require the vehicle to be in drivable condition, and for that a matter a derelict vehicle would have ''less'' reasonable expectation of privacy than an operable one. (While house trailers ''are'' considered domiciles if stationary, that is because they are incapable of moving without being towed.) |
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** Legally speaking, if the object in question has a license plate and vehicle registration then it is a vehicle. |
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* ''[[Doctor Who]]'': In "Paradise Towers", the Doctor escapes the rules-obsessed Caretakers by citing various 'rules' that he has just made-up. None of the Caretakers are willing to admit that they are so unfamiliar with the rulebook that they don't recognise these 'rules'. |
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'': In "Paradise Towers", the Doctor escapes the rules-obsessed Caretakers by citing various 'rules' that he has just made-up. None of the Caretakers are willing to admit that they are so unfamiliar with the rulebook that they don't recognise these 'rules'. |
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=== Tabletop Games === |
=== Tabletop Games === |
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