Tribunal rulings

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Earlier rulings:

Notes from the Grand Tribunal of 1228:

• Apprentices must now learn Greek and Arabic, other magi are requested to learn it by the next Grand Tribunal.
• 15 year apprenticeship is 15 years not 15 seasons of teaching.
• Gifted magi that are nobility may swear fealty to mundane lords.

1230 -

• Additional amendments to the full Code have been included in the changes to Peripheral Code document for completeness.
• Covenants cannot swear allegiance to a mundane authority.
• Stonehenge covenant has ownership of the White Oak of Savernake Forest vis source.

1237

• Apprentices may be fostered, as the Bonsiagus tradition by any magi in the Tribunal.
• Deatils as above for Masters/Archmage.

1244

• Covenants are permitted to extend protection to Hedge Wizards within their sphere of influence.
  • Members of the Order of Hermes may not molest those Hedge Wizards without consultation with the covenant.
  • House Mercere will collate a list of those Hedge Wizards who are protected as such.
  • The Covenant is responsible for all their Hedge Wizards behaviour and any breach of the Code of Hermes those Hedge Wizards perform.
  • Members of the Order are allowed to defend themselves if attacked by a Hedge Wizard. In any dispute Hedge Wizards will be considered in the same manner as vis sources.
• With regard Magi in the Order to non residents of the Tribunal:
  • Magi not of Stonehenge must depart Stonehenge when asked explicitly by a Stonehenge magi to do so, unless a greater number of Magi, the Presiding Quaesitor or the members of the covenant they are hosted at say otherwise.
  • In the event they leave as described above the visitor should endeavour to do so as quickly as possible, failure to do so is considered a breach of the Stonehenge Peripheral Code and a Low Crime of Failure to Leave in a Timely Manner.
  • Poor behaviour of the visitor is the responsibility of the host (if invited) who is responsible for informing the visitor of the Peripheral Code.
  • Visitors to Stonehenge Tribunal will be charged for any breaches of the Peripheral Code.
  • Banishment from the Tribunal may be considered as a punishment for any visitors breaching the Peripheral Code.
  • Any magi who have been asked to leave will be noted formally by a Stonehenge Tribunal Magi in good standing at the next Tribunal.
  • This does not supersede or replace any rights or obligations under the Code of Hermes as recognised by Grand Tribunal.

• Census of Magi in Stonehenge by House Mercere
  • Details of the Census:
    • House Mercere will conduct a Census of Magi of the Order in Stonehenge Tribunal (and only the Order Magi)
    • Central Administration (and Aberlard as Administrator) will hold the details
    • The Census will happen prior to be each Grand Tribunal to be completed by the Grand Tribunal
    • As part of the census covenants are urged (but not required) to present lists of Hedge Wizards (Hedge Wizards being those who practise magic outside the Order)

1251

• The request to abolish the mastery criteria was defeated.
  • Instead the requirement for Mastery to hold an apprentice was deferred to the next Tribunal to be revisited.
• A motion to recognise the Fruit of the Loins of a Magi was interrupted by an attack by enemies of the Order, as such no ruling on this subject has been made and it will be revisited at the next Tribunal.