Petunia, magic!?now Hagrid wand

[crisagi1]

No: HPFGUIDX 67717

> This was such a good answer it made me question my question, so I 
> went back to the book. On page 425 AE OoP Hagrid says, "We had to 
go 
> slow, 'cause I'm not really s'posed to use magic an' we knew that 
> the MInistry'd be lookin' fer a reason ter run us in."
> 
> So back to original question, is Hagric actaully cleared or isn't 
he?
> 
> Dorothy

No,I don't believe Hagrid is cleared to use majic.  His wand was 
broken in half by the MoM - Just like if Harry would have been found 
guilty at his trial. He also would have been restricted from using 
wand majic.  There are other forms of majic one can use for example 
out of sheer rage when Harry made the glass dissapear at the reptile 
house in PS/SS.  They can't take your majical abilities away, but 
they can and do prohibit wand majic.  House elves are not supposed to 
do wand majic, but Winky in Gof was accused of this.  In the same 
passage they spoke of non-wizard/part-humans not being allowed to 
carry or use wands.  And don't forget in GoF, Rita Skeeter let out of 
the bag that Hagrid was a part giant.  That, in and of itself, would 
restrict him from using wand majic.

There is also the registering of witches and wizards in particular 
areas.  When Dd said there was a witness to the dementors, Umbridge 
said there were no other wizards registered in Surry, even though 
Figg (who is a sqib) lives there.   This leads me to believe that 
they keep a close watch on areas where they do not know of any 
witches residing.  Majic being performed in a non-wizarding area 
would definately raise red flags.  Especially since Fudge was already 
thinking that Dd was raising an army against him, and now there is 
majic being used in Giant country.

What I want to know is: 1.)Hagrid's wand was broken. 2.)It is highly 
suspected that he was able to repair it and stow it away in his 
umbrella. 3.)Uses it with relative ease and lack of training.  Then 
why then couldn't Ron do the same with his wand in CoS?

Crissy