Collected Precedents of the S.C.A.:
Name Precedents

Compiled by Mari Elspeth nic Bryan

Last Update: 09 May 2007


These precedents are a compilation of precedents that appear in the online Precedents of the S.C.A. College of Arms and in Letters of Acceptance and Return.

THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS.

IT INCLUDES PRECEDENTS FROM
"THE EARLY DAYS"
THROUGH
MAY OF 2004 (INCLUSIVE)
AS OF THIS DRAFT


Introduction

Update Status:

All name precedents that I know of from "the Early Days" through May of 2004 are included in this draft. This edition is complete through the tenure of Shauna of Carrick Point.

Note: I am in the process of adding more recent precedents and will be doing so in chronological order.

What's New:

New this time are a number of new headers including (but not limited to):

In addition, I have reorganized some pages, creating subheaders to help sort the topic and make rulings easier to find quickly.

Sources and Acknowledgements:

I would very much like to thank Aryanhwy merch Catmael for her help in sorting rulings from the second half of the first tenure of François la Flamme. Without her help, this update would have taken MUCH longer!

With his permission, I have supplemented these collections with rulings listed in unofficial precedents compiled by Da'ud ibn Auda. Some of the rulings from Letters of Acceptance and Return that Da'ud included in his unofficial precedents had not been included in the offical set and I felt that is a compiled collection such as this one, it would be more helpful to include those precedents as well.

Additionally, I have added rulings from online Letters of Acceptance and Return when I have noticed a relevant ruling that was not already included in the precedents listed above.


Name Precedents

  1. General
  2. Administrative / Registerability:
  3. (topics that deal with "policy" or "specifically allowable or not - usually one on one basis")

  4. Name Construction:
  5. (details of constructing a name)

  6. Registration Categories:
  7. (types of names that we register)

  8. Element / Phrase Type:
  9. (different pieces of a name)

  10. Language / Culture:
  11. (specific languages or cultures ruled on)