The renumbered CFJs below are meant to fix duplicated numbers.
//////////////// Renumbered CFJs //////////////// CFJ 3682 (formerly CFJ 3678), called by twg 31 October 2018, assigned to Murphy 1 November 2018: "Gaelan transferred a coin to me today." CFJ 3683 (formerly CFJ 3679), called by ATMunn 1 November 2018, judged FALSE by Trigon 3 November 2018: "VJ Rada violated No Faking in the below quoted message." CFJ 3684 (formerly CFJ 3680), called by twg 1 November 2018, judged FALSE by Trigon 3 November 2018: "V.J. Rada committed the crime of Oathbreaking in eir below-quoted message." CFJ 3685 (formerly CFJ 3681), called by Aris 2 November 2018, judged TRUE by D Margaux 10 November 2018: "Performing an action with N support is a dependent action." CFJ 3686 (formerly CFJ 3682), called by Aris 2 November 2018, judged FALSE by D Margaux 10 November 2018: ""Performing an action on behalf is always a dependent action". ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Judgements in CFJs 3685 and 3686 (formerly CFJs 3681 and 3682) ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// In Agora, the phrase “dependent action” is a term of art that refers to the methods specified in Rule 1728 (“Dependent Actions”). In ordinary English, that phrase has a more generic sense of an action predicated upon some condition. Although context will determine which meaning of “dependent action” applies in any particular instance, the default presumption is that it is used as a term of art. Most often Agorans use the phrase in that specialized, term-of-art sense. Indeed, it has taken a long time for this CFJ to arise precisely because Agorans generally know that “dependent action” has a specialized meaning. It is especially likely that the specialized meaning applies when an Agoran uses the phrase “dependent action” in connection with certain other specified phrases in Rule 1728 (such as “support” or “object”). Conceivably, in some contexts, a player might use the phrase “dependent action” in the more generic sense of any contingent action. But that should not be the default assumption, and game custom does not indicate that Agorans use the phrase in that way unless there are context clues that make it clear that this generic sense is meant. Performing an action with N support is a dependent action, under both the specialized and generic senses of that phrase. CFJ 3685 is therefore TRUE. Performing an action on behalf is perhaps always a dependent action in the generic sense, but not in the more specialized sense. Because CFJ 3686 does not specify which sense of the phrase it uses, I presume it uses the term of art sense, and judge it FALSE.
