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1828 Sept. 28
Blackstone

So much for benefits and burthens. Now for rights.
A man may derive benefit from this or that portion of the
law, otherwise than by having had by that same portion
of the law a correspondent right conferred on him.
But of this case state of things the extent is very inconsiderable, in
comparison of that in which it is only by means of
a correspondent right conferred on him by the law
that he can reap any benefit from the law.

A man may reap a benefit from a portion of
law without a correspondent right in every case in
which the exercise of actual or eventual of such
right is not necessary to his reaping the benefit:
but of those cases taken all together, the extent comparatively is comparatively
speaking very small.

Within view of the chamber in which I am now
writing, the Park space called St James's Park has
lately by order of his Majesty the proprietor, received
considerable embellishment. From the embellishment
I have received a considerable proportionable benefit. But in
possessing this benefit I do not possess any right which
I did not possess before. If indeed, from in conjunction or along
with this benefit I possess the right of passing from the
same time into that same Park on horseback or in a carriage,
this being a right which antecedently to the formation
of the embezzlement I did not possess, here indeed is a
right produced by the same cause by which the benefit is
produced. But this right of way over the a part of the
land is a distinct thing from the benefit of viewing it.
This possession of the right is at this time dependent upon his Majesty's
pleasure. The benefit derived enjoyed by me from the view of the embellishment in its present state is not dependent on his Majesty's
pleasure. I say in its
present state. For by supposing
a building
erected in a certain situation
my view of the embellishment
might be made
' and thence the correspondent benefit may be made to cease: but by the act by which this benefit is taken from me no right will be taken from me.

Identifier: | JB/030/134/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 30.
Date_1	1828-09-28	Marginal Summary Numbering	not numbered
Box	030	Main Headings	pannomion
Folio number	134	Info in main headings field	blackstone
Image	001	Titles	text continued or note?
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	d4 / e4
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks
Marginals	richard doane	Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	9641
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