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of of one may say, that it is The Law of England, say the writers, has
two branches: the there are two parts of it,
the written and the unwritten. When they say this, what is it that they mean? The
Law,for it to have any signification, should mean
a collection of Articles of each of which
one may say, that it is a Law. This a
signification thus, which the written part of
it actually has, as every one may perceive
Not then with the respect to that part that
is termed the written. This then, being still
the Law, should consist of a number
of like Articles of each of which it may be said,
that it is, a Law. Where then is that
one article in it, of which a man
can say so? Let any one produce it.
This at least should not be a task not is a task which one should at least expect
to see possessed by those writers who with so much
solemnity profess to teach what Law what

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INTROD. Law Common. What Beginng

a Law is, and what in particular the Laws
of England. Tis an eliminatory and fundamental
question, one of the very first that
should have been it was incumbent on them to have resolved.

Has it then been resolved? not ever. for
to resolve it, it was not sufficient to
vamp up old notions and glossy with showy<unclear>questionable reading</unclear> language,
butcontrary to this indivisible respect that is due they love to pay to [established errors] for whom they are established to questionable reading into their foundation, and to
examine their questionable reading.

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