In legal actions the term "vexatious" has a settled meaning as follows:

"Initiated without sufficient grounds for the purpose of causing trouble or
annoyance to the defendant."

Similarly, in law, frivolous has the settled meaning of "manifestly futile".

Tony Cooke
Senior Associate
Deacons


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian§LemonStone [mailto:auda§lemonstone.com.au]
> Sent: Thursday, 25 July 2002 2:34 PM
> To: dns§lists.auda.org.au
> Subject: Re: [DNS] COMPLAINTS POLICY - Publication Date: 24/07/2002
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> 
> My favourite clause.
> 
> 4.6    auDA reserves the right not to investigate a complaint that is
> frivolous, vexatious, abusive or offensive.
> 
> frivolous:- Unworthy of serious attention; trivial
> vexatious:- Causing or creating vexation; annoying.
> 
> To whom?
> 
> Ian
> 
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