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Sect.1. Of Law in General. 4

in the second case it means neither more nor less than a command
only expressed in an obscure and far fetched manner.

The next thing the definition tells us of a Law, is that it is "prescribed".
As to the word "prescribed," what it was intended to mean -
here, it would be dangerous to say: especially if what I suspect
be true, that with the appearance of meaning something, it was
intended to mean nothing.

I can speak with a little more certainty as to what it means a
page or two farther on.+ It there means either to speak,to write
or in general to make signs, at any rate to communicate ideas.

It (that is, Law) says he, "is likewise a rule prescribed. Because
a bare resolution confined in the breast of the Legislator,
with out manifesting itself by some external sign,can never
be properly a Law. It is requisite that this resolution be notified
to those who are to know it" [p. 45].

To do our Author justice, it must be acknowledged, that though
what is said of Law here, is said of Law general without restriction,
the paragraph in which it occurs stands next after a
Paragraph in which municipal Law alone is mentioned.

But "dictated" is the word he uses in the next page after that
we are now considering; the subject of Law in general still upon
the carpet "dictated," a word which plainly refers to speech
or writing. This being the case, the work he has cut out for

               Sect. I. Law in General.
               4 
               




Identifier: | JB/096/051/004
"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 96.

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not numbered

Box

096

Main Headings

comment on the commentaries

Folio number

051

Info in main headings field

sect. i law in general

Image

004

Titles

note

Category

copy/fair copy sheet

Number of Pages

4

Recto/Verso

recto

Page Numbering

f1 / f2 / f3 / f4

Penner

Watermarks

[[watermarks::gr [crown motif] [lion with crown motif]]]

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Paper Producer

Corrections

jeremy bentham

Paper Produced in Year

Notes public

ID Number

31055

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