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[richard.hills at immi.gov.au]

Alain Gottcheiner:

>>Surely nobody will call "agreement" something that was never
>>agreed upon, or my sense of etymology has let me down.

Jerry Fusselman:

>On the contrary, if I know my partner's tendencies, regardless
>of no agreement by me, it must be disclosed.  And if the logic
>of the situation makes a meaning clear based on everything
>else we have in place, it is called our bridge agreement even
>though never agreed upon.  You're supposed to understand
>agreement in the context of its bridge definition rather than
>use a dictionary or common sense.

Richard Hills:

I am in agreement with Jerry's non-dictionary uncommon sense
definition of a bridge agreement.

Note that to avoid semantic quibbles the 2007 Law 40 almost
always eschews the word "agreements", instead using the term
"partnership understandings" - which is carefully defined in
the 2007 Law 40A1(a), thus leaving no wriggle room for
etymologists.


Best wishes

Richard James Hills
Graduates and Developmental Training Section
Department of Immigration and Citizenship
Telephone: 02 6223 9067
Email: richard.hills at immi.gov.au

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