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Sect. Parts of a Law. C6
says just as much as comes to nothing and that
as to the act of paying obedience to superiors
and but not in any particular circumstances, nor
to any particular superiors, there is not such
thing. I also conceive that when a law
says to a man do such in ther act: he either
does it and then he "obeys" or he does it not
and then he does not "obey": but what sort of
things degrees of obedience are, in what I do not conceive:
perhaps our commentator meant instances.
"And so", concludes the paragraph, "as to injuries
or crimes, it must be left to our own not to any body dies legisla—
tion to decide, in that cases the raising ano—
theirs cattle shall amount to the crime of rob—
very; and where it shall be a justifiable action,
as when a landlord loathes them by way of dis—
tress for rent". Undisputedly and with equal
property he might have bought in ☞ all the laws
we have; and we the equal for truth he might have
said the same of them he has done with of these.
"As to these it must be lef left to the legislation
to decide... and as to what others must it not?
and when not to the legislation to when else. The very
☞ The injuries or or
causes that are noticed
by any or all
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