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In researching the former, we’ve found no similar circumstance in the jurisprudence. Accordingly, we couched our enforcement motion in terms of (and relying on authorities relating to) enforcement of <i>settlements</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Please reply (only to me) if you or a loved one have encountered or suffered such perfidy, whether an enforcement motion was the balm, and/or if you’re aware of any more-relevant or more-persuasive authorities or incantations.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>My having never encountered such treachery, my delicate sensibilities burn from this most egregious offense and, I <i>do</i> declare, I have surely contracted a debilitating case of the vapors (***clutching pearls***)…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=414 style='width:310.5pt;margin-left:.5in;border-collapse:collapse'><tr style='page-break-inside:avoid;height:12.0pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><td width=290 colspan=2 style='width:217.5pt;border:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .1in 0in 0in;height:12.0pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.1in;text-indent:-.1in;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'>Bryan L. 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