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Of Excuses Extenuations
Main Text

The Excuse Extenuation which is afforded by a mis-supposal with Extenuative force of a mis-supposal in matter of law how measured.
regard to the matter of Law is the more compleat in proportion
as the probability is the greater that the party without
any default (A) of his fell into such mistake.


[(A) Default] As if the Defendant were a foreigner, unacquainted with the Language of the Law: or As if the Law relative to the subject matter in
question happened to be obscure with relation to the point
in question; or as if the party he were but just returned from
abroad, and during his year</del> his absence a ground of justification,
which had before been established, had been abrogated: or
as if a lawyer by profession, or the party's the Defendant's Father, Guardian
or Preceptor husband or any other person whom upon he had reason
to think well informed, had assured him you him or her that such
a point of law were in force. See Excuse Extenuation II. Ignorance
of the Law.

ExcuseExtenuation IV. Intoxication
Main Text

It is an Excuse Extenuation if the act be engaged in during a fit of
intoxication (A); provided the intention was not formed till after
the intoxication had commenced.+ As a may be
but upon the of a beast
+As a beast he offended; as a beast he may be spared



Identifier: | JB/071/010/004
"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 71.

Date_1

Marginal Summary Numbering

not numbered

Box

071

Main Headings

penal code

Folio number

010

Info in main headings field

of extenuations

Image

004

Titles

Category

copy/fair copy sheet

Number of Pages

4

Recto/Verso

recto

Page Numbering

f9 / f10 / f11 / f12

Penner

Watermarks

[[watermarks::[gr with crown motif] propatria [britannia motif]]]

Marginals

Paper Producer

Corrections

jeremy bentham

Paper Produced in Year

Notes public

ID Number

23413

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