Glossary

ACME:

The acme is the peak of the Triangle of Law where the tops of its three legs converge. At the acme is the Lawmaker. The three legs, the base, the two corners and the acme are the parts of The Triangle of Law.

BASE:

The base is the horizontal part of the Triangle of Law that runs from a source in one corner to a recipient in the other corner. The base, the three legs, the two corners where the source and the recipient are found, and the acme where the three legs converge constitute The Triangle of Law. At the base is a flow of conduct from source to a recipient in circumstances

CIRCUMSTANCE:

Circumstances are the facts that surround a flow of conduct from source to recipient. They are the context in which conduct flows.

CONDUCT:

Conduct is what leaves a source and flows to a recipient. It has two ends. At one end is the source and at the other is a recipient. It has two noteworthy properties: 1) direction and 2) polarity. Conduct that arrives at a recipient is known as a consequence. Conduct is the subject of a law. It is a "participant" in the one (1) factual relationship within A Unified Theory of a Law and is also a participant in one (1) of the three (3) legal relationships, to wit, Forming and Expressing an Opinion.

CONSEQUENCES:

A consequence is conduct that has arrived at a recipient.

CONTEXT:

A flow of conduct from a source to recipient does not take place in a vacuum but in a context. The context is the circumstances. What goldfish are to a flow of conduct from a source to recipient, the tank of water in which the goldfish reside is to the context.

CORNER:

At the base of the Triangle of Law are two corners. At one corner is a source and at the other corner is a recipient.

DIRECTION:

Direction is a property of a flow of conduct from source to recipient in circumstances. Its other significant property is polarity. Direction pertains to whether a flow is headed toward or away from a source. A flow of conduct is mono-directional. It always flows from a source to a recipient.

FACTS:

In A Unified Theory of a Law the facts are always viewed as a flow of conduct from source to recipient in circumstances. Although the number of facts is infinite, A Unified Theory of a Law views them in only one (1) way.

FACTUAL ASPECT OF A LAW:

The factual aspect of a law is a flow of conduct from source to a recipient in circumstances

FLOW:

Flow is a property of conduct that indicates that conduct is dynamic not static. Conduct flows. Flow is the stream of conduct / consequences whose origin is a source and whose destination is a recipient. It is unidirectional always going from source to recipient. It has polarity, meaning it is either on or off, affirmative or negative.

FOCUS:

Focus is what a lawmaker does as she peers down from the acme of The Triangle of Law to a flow of conduct from source to a recipient in circumstances at its base. A lawmaker can focus on either 1) the conduct itself, 2) its source or 3) its recipient.

LEG:

The Triangle of Law is a triangle with three instead of the usual two legs. From the lawmaker at its acme, three non-horizontal lines run to the source, the conduct itself, and to the recipient. They depict the three legal relationships that the three activities of a lawmaker create during the process of making a law.

POLARITY:

Conduct flows. It is dynamic not static. The flow, however, can be either off or on. Polarity is that property of flow of conduct that indicates whether the flow is on or off. There are two polarities. When on, a flow of conduct is said to be affirmative. When off, a flow of conduct is said to be negative. Affirmative conduct is the same as negative conduct except that affirmative conduct is flowing and negative conduct is not.

RECIPIENT:

A recipient is the destination of a flow of conduct. Conduct flows to a recipient. A recipient is a participant in the one (1) factual relationship within A Unified Theory of a Law and is also a participant in one (1) of the three (3) legal relationships, to wit, RECOGNITION.

SOURCE:

A source is the origin of a flow of conduct. Conduct flows from a source. A source is a participant in the one (1) factual relationship within A Unified Theory of a Law and is also a participant in one (1) of the three (3) legal relationships, to wit, Binding a Law to a Source with Weight.

SUBJECT OF A LAW:

The subject of a law is conduct. In other words, a law deals with conduct that flows from a source to a recipient in circumstances.

TRIANGLE OF A LAW:

The Triangle of Law is needed to capture the relationships between and amongst a Lawmaker, Source and Recipient. In A Unified Theory of a Law are four relationships, one of which is factual and three of which are legal. The factual relationship is found at the base of The Triangle of Law. The three legal relationships are depicted as legs of The Triangle of Law. Hence a three legged triangle is needed.