þÿ<html> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en-US" lang="en-US" > <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-16" /> <meta name="robots" content="index, follow" /> <meta name="keywords" content="internet law legal advice typography essay writing" /> <meta name="description" content="IANYL.net is a discussion forum for Internet-savvy lawyers interested in technological subjects." /> <meta name="copyright" content="This website content is copyright (c) 2009 by David H. Madden. All rights reserved." /> <head> <title>This Is Not Legal Advice</title> </head> <body style="margin:5%"> <p style="width:40%;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;text-align:justify;font-family:Serif;line-height:150%"> <b>TINLA</b> /tiÐ aj [n [l ej/ <i>abbr.</i> <span style="font-variant:small-caps">This Is Not Legal Advice.</span> Common Internet abbreviation used in connection with a written observation or comment to caution readers against relying upon the comment as if it were advice from a lawyer qualified to practice in the reader's jurisdiction and retained for the purpose of rendering an opinion on the subject under discussion. </p> </body> </html>