HP Accepted Early
Title: If Harry Potter were Accepted Early
Author: Madsci
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Chapter 18
It was finally the end of the spring term, with Harry and Cedric placing 1st and 2nd in the year. With his grades being posted, Harry came into his first stage of emancipation. Therefore, the afternoon before they left for London, he received a summons to the Wizagamot. Thankfully, the only change that needed to be made was that he could only visit Percy and Cedric for a long overnight before the summer term started.
A few days before the meeting, and the day before he went to Percy’s for Charlie’s graduation party, he went to Gringott’s to ask them for insights into how the Wizagamot worked, and any traditions he needed to adhere to. He’d gotten most of the rules and traditions from Siri, but he wasn’t exactly known for following all the rules. Thankfully, it seemed all he had to do, given his inability to vote yet, was wear the Family Robes and listen carefully to the debates, speaking only when he had something to contribute. The introduction to the assembly would be taken care of by seated Lords.
Upon entering the assembly hall in the immensely heavy robes, which thankfully had sizing charms, he saw Siri over in one corner. He knew that Siri had only been able to occupy his seat a few months ago, as somehow, the news he was exonerated didn’t make it to the roll-call man until February. Catching a wink from Siri, he went looking for the Potter seal, to find his seat. He ended up between Lady Longbottom and Madame Bones. When everyone sat down a few minutes later, there was a general outcry when some of the Lords realized that there was one less empty chair. Lord Newman loudly questioned Harry’s presence, but Lord Greengrass stood, tapping his knuckles on the table. He was a lecturer at Morgana College at Oxford on history, so when he got into lecture posture, everyone shut up.
“In days of old, when the laws governing succession of magical lordships were being formulated, the forebears of this body decided that a certain amount of control of one’s powers was necessary to be an effective Lord. Therefore, rather than an age of ascension, they decided on an educational level necessary to complete before the Heir could be eligible to be the Lord. This would set a basic age, and assure that the Lord was not a weak wizard. It was decided that the educational benchmark was more accurate, especially in times when disease or other unpredictable phenomena were more likely to cause delays in schooling.
According to revisions set down in 1018, in cases where the Lord died while the Heir was less than 3 years of age, a minimum proficiency was set at completing 3rd year to receive the right to sit in on these meetings. Full lordship under those circumstances comes upon completion of the 6th year at Hogwart’s or a comparable institution, or completion of the first stage of apprenticeship must be proven. In most cases, this means 13 or 14, and the summer most students would be, or reach, 17 years of age. In the rare case of an early acceptance, or quick progression through apprenticeship, we have younger attendees. We have an extreme case here, Lord Potter, Heir Black, entered Hogwarts just after his 8th birthday, so we now have a partially-ascended Lord of an age with entering students, as I believe he reaches his 11th birthday in approximately a month?”
“Yes, sir. Thank you for explaining the situation to our brethren who may not be conversant with the older laws, as most of the books are unclear in explanation.”
With that out of the way, the rest of the meeting was boring, as the laws they had to inspect were mundane, and there were no major trials scheduled. Adjournment was around supper-time.
Author: Madsci
Archive: here, if want me on your archive, please ask first
Chapter 18
It was finally the end of the spring term, with Harry and Cedric placing 1st and 2nd in the year. With his grades being posted, Harry came into his first stage of emancipation. Therefore, the afternoon before they left for London, he received a summons to the Wizagamot. Thankfully, the only change that needed to be made was that he could only visit Percy and Cedric for a long overnight before the summer term started.
A few days before the meeting, and the day before he went to Percy’s for Charlie’s graduation party, he went to Gringott’s to ask them for insights into how the Wizagamot worked, and any traditions he needed to adhere to. He’d gotten most of the rules and traditions from Siri, but he wasn’t exactly known for following all the rules. Thankfully, it seemed all he had to do, given his inability to vote yet, was wear the Family Robes and listen carefully to the debates, speaking only when he had something to contribute. The introduction to the assembly would be taken care of by seated Lords.
Upon entering the assembly hall in the immensely heavy robes, which thankfully had sizing charms, he saw Siri over in one corner. He knew that Siri had only been able to occupy his seat a few months ago, as somehow, the news he was exonerated didn’t make it to the roll-call man until February. Catching a wink from Siri, he went looking for the Potter seal, to find his seat. He ended up between Lady Longbottom and Madame Bones. When everyone sat down a few minutes later, there was a general outcry when some of the Lords realized that there was one less empty chair. Lord Newman loudly questioned Harry’s presence, but Lord Greengrass stood, tapping his knuckles on the table. He was a lecturer at Morgana College at Oxford on history, so when he got into lecture posture, everyone shut up.
“In days of old, when the laws governing succession of magical lordships were being formulated, the forebears of this body decided that a certain amount of control of one’s powers was necessary to be an effective Lord. Therefore, rather than an age of ascension, they decided on an educational level necessary to complete before the Heir could be eligible to be the Lord. This would set a basic age, and assure that the Lord was not a weak wizard. It was decided that the educational benchmark was more accurate, especially in times when disease or other unpredictable phenomena were more likely to cause delays in schooling.
According to revisions set down in 1018, in cases where the Lord died while the Heir was less than 3 years of age, a minimum proficiency was set at completing 3rd year to receive the right to sit in on these meetings. Full lordship under those circumstances comes upon completion of the 6th year at Hogwart’s or a comparable institution, or completion of the first stage of apprenticeship must be proven. In most cases, this means 13 or 14, and the summer most students would be, or reach, 17 years of age. In the rare case of an early acceptance, or quick progression through apprenticeship, we have younger attendees. We have an extreme case here, Lord Potter, Heir Black, entered Hogwarts just after his 8th birthday, so we now have a partially-ascended Lord of an age with entering students, as I believe he reaches his 11th birthday in approximately a month?”
“Yes, sir. Thank you for explaining the situation to our brethren who may not be conversant with the older laws, as most of the books are unclear in explanation.”
With that out of the way, the rest of the meeting was boring, as the laws they had to inspect were mundane, and there were no major trials scheduled. Adjournment was around supper-time.