Dora, whilst I'm normally in total agreement with Jeff, I would add that one archaic term he omitted is seer. Certainly, there were specialities, such as phrenology, but general term for all would have been seer. Mike, IBSSG ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dora Smith" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 12:52 PM Subject: [BSChat] what is old legal term for fortune telling? > Does anyone know what is an older or slightly archaic > legal term for fortune telling? My astrology teacher > used the term in our class discussion about the law in > the early 1980's in Buffalo NY, and according to the > Internet this law is still on the books in New York > though no citation nor reference to the law by its > name. It forbids using any psychic practice in such a > way as to appear to foretell teh future, and it amy > forbid other things as well. I am interested in laws > that forbid appearing to have ESP. > > Yours, > Dora > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes > http://finance.yahoo.com > > > ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== > Creative use of your delete key is encouraged. If you disagree with the subject, CHANGE the subject. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >