Talk:Sumptuary law

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On White Belts (Restricted by law or just by custom): I checked the Ministry of Protocol's page and this is what it says:

Belt and Baldrics

• Simple white belts are reserved for use by Knights.
• Simple white baldrics are reserved for use by Masters and Mistresses of Arms.
• It is customary that squires under the tutelage of a Knight wear simple red belts.
• It is customary that squires under the tutelage of a Master or Mistress of Arms wear simple red baldrics.
• It is customary that apprentices under the tutelage of a Master or Mistress of the Laurel wear simple green belts.
• It is customary that protégé(e)s under the tutelage of a Master or Mistress of the Pelican wear simple yellow belts.

The use of "Reserved" rather than "customary" makes me feel it -is- restricted by law. Looking at Kingdom law we have a very mild wording:

IX-208 Peers of the Realm may wear the badges of their respective Orders as defined by Society Law

To my surprise the award text doesn't mention any insignia specifically; just the right to bear the insignia of the rank, not what it is.

However I couldn't find anything in Society Law talking about badges for any of the orders; was it there in the past and since removed? Or was I looking in the wrong document?

-Milesent-

I believe you are viewing the correct documents. However, the wording of the law merely says that people are allowed to wear the "badge" of their order. That does not equate to wearing the symbol as an item of dress. It's a technciality that I'm still somewhat shocked hasn't been corrected in the Society. Nowhere in Kingdom law is the white belt restricted specifically by law as an item of dress. Neither is it restricted in Society law. By definition then, it is restricted by "custom". -- Iasmin