JB/047/152/001

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July 1805

Evidence

Ch. Of Perversion of Language.

This is in effect a branch of the principle of fiction.
It is consists in the feigning this or that word or phr combination of
words to be used by the people in a sense in which in fact it is not
used by the people.

In this case in in the in the case of covert fiction as in the
case of open fiction confessing itself to be what it is, the
whatever injustice is done by means of it, far from being converted
into justice, is aggravated by it: and of itself it is
sufficient to give a stain of immorality to the purest justice.

By perverted language I understand technically perverted
language: language the import of which is, in pursuance
of the technical system, perverted, from that which it conveys
to the conception of mankind in general, to some other import
secretly insidiously annexed to it without warning, and therefore insidiously by the man of law.

Technically – perverted language requires to be distinguished
from that which is hereinafter has above been characterized by the appellation
of technical language. The distinction is by no means an unnatural
one. In comparison of Compared with the mere use of technical language, the
technical perversion of language is a sort of act on the part of
the agent more wicked, in its consequences more mischievous.

By technical language I understand such language, as
having originated with lawyers themselves, and now having been
in current use among the body of the people, fails on that account
to be generally understood by the body of the people, ⊞ ⊞ for example barratry felony, corruption
of blood Incorporeal
hereditaments, seizure, Reciprocal
office fraud. See the Table. The fault of it lies in
its obscurity. This obscurity being apparent upon the face of it, there
is no deceit in it.

Identifier: | JB/047/152/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 47.
Date_1	1806-07	Marginal Summary Numbering	1-5
Box	047	Main Headings	evidence
Folio number	152	Info in main headings field	evidence
Image	001	Titles	[[titles::ch. [ ] of perversion of language]]
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	e1
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	1800
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1800
Notes public		ID Number	15020
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