Eldon Warman's Definitions of "Resident" and "Reside" Unmasked

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<ZgeR6.6104$rn5.294733@www.newsranger.com>, Eldon Warman states that "My detax program is ... from legal definitions obrtained [sic] from judicially accepted law dictionaries." Let's examine this assertion as it applies to the words "resident" and "reside".

Warman's detax program is based in part on the claim that, for purposes of law, the words "resident" and "reside" do not apply to people living in Canada. Thus, any definitions of "resident" or "reside" that refer to living human beings, whether found in "judicially accepted law dictionaries" or in common English dictionaries to which most of us have easy access, must be discounted by Warman if his detax program is to be sustained.

Warman discounts dictionary definitions of "resident" and "reside" by simply ignoring them. Instead, he fabricates his own ad hoc definitions.

In Lesson #1 of his detax program, Warman alleges that "It is only when 'life' ceases do we, or any living thing, become a 'resident'; and, only then do we 'reside' somewhere relative to their use in law and its use in an act or statute that deprives men of their rights." Further, in Lessson #2 of his program, Warman states: "Remember, 'resident' means a 'thing' sitting or located somewhere. You are NOT a 'thing'." These ad hoc definitions of "resident" and "reside" are in large part a basis of Warman's detax program. Only if you accept his ad hoc definitions of "resident" and "reside" to the exclusion of all others is his detax program sustainable.

Unfortunately for Warman and his detax program, his ad hoc definitions of "resident" and "reside" are factually false.

Examine the definitions of "resident", "reside", and the related word "residence" as found in "judicially accepted law dictionaries" and in common or popular English dictionaries.

Resident:

Black's defines "resident" as:

A person who has a residence in a particular place.

Webster's defines "resident" as:

1. living in a place for some continuous period; having a residence (in or at)
2. living or staying in a place while working, carrying on official duties, etc.; being in residence

Reside:

Webster's New World Dictionary (Third College Ed.) (1988) defines "reside" as:

1. to dwell for a long time; have one's residence; live (in or at)

Residence:

Black's defines "residence" as:

1. The act or fact of living in a given place for some time. 2. The place where one actually lives, as distinguished from a domicile.

Webster's defines "residence" as:

1. the act or fact of residing
2. the fact or status of living or staying in a place while working , going to school, carrying out official duties, etc. 3. the place in which a person or thing resides; dwelling place; abode; esp. a house

The fact that "judicially acceptable law dictionaries" such as Black's do not contain a definition of "reside" does not mean that said phrase is meaningless in a legal sense.

The general rule of statutory interpretation is that words and sentences must be construed in their ordinary meaning or common or popular sense, unless the context requires some special or particular meaning to be given to them. Using this rule, in the absence of a definition of "resident" in "judicially accepted law dictionaries", the definition found in common or popular English dictionaries applies.

These dictionary definitions make it clear that both "resident" and "reside" refer to a person living in a particular place. Not sitting in a particular place, or lying in a particular place, or being buried in a particular place. Living in a particular place. And for purposes of the Income Tax Act, that particular place is Canada.

It is now clear that Warman's statement in Message-ID: <ZgeR6.6104$rn5.294733@www.newsranger.com> regarding the use in his detax program of "legal definitions obrtained [sic] from judicially accepted law dictionaries" is factually false. It is also clear that Warman's claim that his ad hoc definitions of "resident" and "reside" found in his detax program are also factually false.

In light of these factual falsehoods, the only way Warman's detax program can be sustained is if you can somehow manage to convince yourself that the definitions of "resident" and "reside" found in every single English law dictionary in the world and every single common or popular English dictionary in the world is inaccurate, and that Eldon Warman is the only person in the history of the world to have figured out what those words really mean. I, however, believe that if you examine the evidence, you will find that the definitions of "resident" and "reside" found in both "judicially accepted law dictionaries" and common or popular English dictionaries are indeed accurate, that it is Warman's ad hoc definitions that are false, and that therefore his detax program cannot be sustained.