... of pretending to be a person "entitled to vote". This is because the name he used was of a person who had died, and, although still on the list, was not entitled to vote. Likewise, in Fisher v Bell 1960, a seller was found not guilty of "offering to sell" an offensive weapon as the goods on display in his shop window amounted to an invitation to treat and not an offer. The Act had to be amended the next year to include the word "display". There are a number of disadvantages with using this rule, often referred to as the "dictionary rule", since dictionaries may give several meanings to the same word. It also restricts judicial creativity and holds back development of the law to reflect changing social conditions. The Golden Rule is an improvement on the above, as some attempt is made to put a word into its proper ...

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