JB/091/079/001

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22 Decr 1806

There remains on the list of things conceivable, in the order of possibility the natural mode of pleading: but
this, it is sufficiently evident, have never been several reasons considerations concurr in demonstrating, have never been in the
intention, of which as certainly not in the contemplation conception of
the learned authors references of the plan.

1. If assumes I have already had occasion to endeavour endeavoured to explain elsewhere† † Picture. Written Pleadings and therefore requires a substantive Code body of
civil non-criminal (civil) law as the standard to which it
refers the basis on which it rests groundwork on which it is created. But no such work
exists or has so much as been thought of.

A set of forms so far as forms would go, might indeed
be prepared, if forms which, as such would present ab
outside appearance of a mass of belonging to the adjective branch of law:
but this mass would of itself contain involve by implication
contain involve though in a very bad way, the substance of a correspondent mas
assertion of the mass of substantive law the substantive branch of the law, as in England
the worst account that that can be given of the contents of our
jurisprudential and therefore imaginary civil code is that which is drawn by inference
from our forms of pleading.

A system of forms of pleading without a Civil Code in terminis
is kuje to rest upon a sort of Castle built in the war with a
imager- or phantasmagoria spectrum of a foundation
under it, instead of a foundation of brick or stone: good
architecture this, to those who have been used bred up to it, and
have never had a thought of any other: but whosoever
should have such an edifice to erect by the light of common
sense, at least with any sincere and real desire to see it
become the temple of justice, will find the foundation the laying of the foundation
in the first instance the most eligible course to pursue mode of giving commencement to the work.

Identifier: | JB/091/079/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 91.
Date_1	1806-12-22	Marginal Summary Numbering	12-13
Box	091	Main Headings	scotch reform
Folio number	079	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	c2 / e6
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	29075
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