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19. STATUTE LAW. Kinds of Statues. Public and Private
ding according to our Author: "an universal rule (.for "general" will not justify him) that regards
"the whole community. A public statute is that which concerns
many persons in the nation, say the Authorities:
A private statute is that which concerns one
only, or a few.
A statute that concerns all the Clergy (a reasons multitude
that may be counted) is a public one: [a] + But
a statute that concerns all offenders (a multitude
that can not be counted, is a Private one. II
NOTE
[a] Gilbert will be Nothing will serve Gilbert, but he must be. giving reasons for it! Practical
lawyers never should give reasons: "Its less simpl—
est is enough for them: they should stick to that.
"What realties to all spiritual persons," says Gilbert, II
:is a general law, inasmuch as the religion of the
"the kingdom is the general concernment of the whole
"kingdom as the 21. II. 8. 13. Uiz. C. 10. 18. Uiz. C. II
all which are about the revenues of the clergy.
This argument of Gilberts is elliptical. To be complete
it should have said: it should stand thus: "The religion of the King—
dom is the general concernment of the whole
kingdom. The religion of the clergy is the reli—
gion of the kingdom: the revenues of the clergy
are the religion of the clergy.
What relates to sheriffs, says the same Gilbert, is
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+ 4 Rep. 76. It. 120
02 Roll. Abridg.t in
Bae. Abridg. Til Statute
II Ld Raym. 390. 12
Mod. 249. in Bae.
Abridg.t Til. Statute
640
II Law of Evidence.
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