Difference between revisions of "Steel Ministry"

One of the main functions of the Ministry is to witness a myriad of contracts and agreements, even something as simple as promise to come to a game of [[shelldry]].{{book ref|mb1|23}} The nobility pay the [[Lord Ruler]] for their services in a manner similar to that of renting [[skaa]].{{book ref|mb1|prologue}} As the authority in bureaucratic matters, any mercantile contracts, divorces, weddings, land purchases, inheritances, or any other important dealings could only be authorized by obligators. If one of the Ministry hasn't witnessed an event or sealed a document, it might as well not have happened or have been written.{{book ref|mb1|23}} However, obligators are also used to witness less formal agreements, such as bets between friends.{{cite}} <!--I can't find the chapter where some noblemen (maybe even Elend and his group) are talking about how one of them flaked out on them last time they had some engagement or another, and said nobleman calls over an obligator to witness it.-->