Editing The Having Game (section)

== Laws of Having ==
# A title is an object. For each object, there is exactly one title. A title is initially had by the haver of its object. The haver of a title may change if its current haver agrees to transfer the ownership of a title to a new haver.
# A title may be split into any number of stocks of any fraction of the title. A party has a title iff they have all stocks of a title. The haver of a stock may change if its current haver agrees to transfer ownership.
# A given organization or person may only have one membership in the Council of Having.
# The Council of Having makes a decision if >50% of members vote to make this decision.
# The Council of Having may create ''appendments''. Appendments are new Laws of Having. They may not modify or contradict previous Laws of Having. If the Council contains '''8''' or more members that are real people, they may pass ''amendments'' which alter existing Laws of Having.
# Membership in the Council of Having is available in exchange for 25 bottle cap titles, 10 occlupanid titles, or 128 paperclip titles. Titles must be substantiated by Proof of Having as determined by the discretion of the Council (please [[special:upload|present your holdings in a suitable image]]). Transactions should be negotiated in the [[The Having Game/Town Square|Town Square]].
# A title may only be owned by one haver. A title may be ''issued'' at most once. Before a title is issued, the haver of a title is the single earliest haver of the object of the title. A title is considered to have been issued if at any point it transfers ownership, or the current haver of the title decides that it is issued.
#* In the above, "earliest haver" should be understood to mean "earliest ''current'' haver".
#* Suppose Jane picks up an apple at a store. Both the store and Jane have the apple; the store has had it longer, so the store holds the title. Next, Jane removes the apple from the store, whether via purchase or shoplifting. Jane is now the only haver of the apple, so she holds its title, and may issue or transfer it as she pleases.
# Gollark is the individual known variously as gollark, osmarks, or Oliver S. Marks. A Gollarious organization is any that contains gollark or was created by or on behalf of gollark. For every gollarious organization that is a member of the council, a new antigollark organization is created and becomes a member of the council. An antigollark organization has zero members, is not gollarious, and always votes for what >50% of the council, minus gollark and all gollarious organizations, votes for.
# For each object X, there are any number of ''seen X''. Each person who has been physically nearby X and witnessed it directly via some sensation, particularly vision, at that point begins having ''seen X'' (a new instance thereof). Each person may only ever receive one ''seen X'' for any X. Witnessing a depiction of X secondhand is not considered to grant ''seen X''.
#* For each thing X that is not a Having Game object, there is also a seen X which may be created in the same manner.
# The Court is an organization. The Court must follow Court Procedures, initially defined by the Council. Amendments to Court Procedures may only be effected with the approval of the Council. The responsibilities of the Court include:
#* In the event that two parties are in disagreement of the interpretation of the Laws or the Constitution, they may submit a ''case'' to the Court. Pertinent to the particular case, the Court shall establish an interpretation, within the letter of the Laws and the Constitution, that will be considered correct. The Court may limit which cases are accepted according to Procedures.

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