[Asrg] Round 2 of the DNSBL BCP - "collateral damage"

Seth sethb at panix.com
Tue Apr 1 20:30:21 PDT 2008


der Mouse <mouse at Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA> wrote:

> I'm not so sure.  In common-law jurisdictions, there is a rule which
> I've seen summarized as "ancient custom has the force of law", which
> has been used to do things like establish public right-of-way across
> private land where an effectively-public path has existed for long
> enough.  It's not clear to me this would wash as a legal argument in
> this context, but it's certainly not clear it wouldn't, either.
>
> Does anyone know of any law, either way, in any jurisdiction,
> bearing on that theory?

Look up "public easement".

Seth


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