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27 Feby 1807

To return to the case of suitors to suitors.

A suitor Suitors, who finding it or supposing it to be his their interest
to create superabundant delay, betakes himself betake themselves accordingly
to the creation of it accordingly, is are the mala fide suitor suitors
so often mentioned: – the sort species of vermin of the existence of which, though bred in such
swarms in the genial hot-bed of the technical system,
but in regard to the existence of which the innocence and simplicity
of Your Lordships learned Reformer has preserved here in
a state of such happy ignorance.

To the malâ fide suitor, superabundant delay is an
instrument of mischief in different shapes – an instrument of
simple vexation and oppression, or of undue profit, and indifferent way, according as his
station is on this or that side of the cause.

Is he on the plaintiff's side? – if his object be the production of mere
vexation without profit, it puts him in possession of his affords him the desired gratification
partly by the expence which to a certain greater or less degree is inseparably
attached to the station of defendant condition of party litigant on each side, partly by the
anxiety, the vexation with which a course of litigation is
infested throughout the whole of its length.

If his object be undue profit, it may have for its
effect the putting him in possession of the subject matter of
dispute, by any of the means so often mentioned – by the
adversary, being disabled by the deposition of necessary evidence, from continuing his defence with any
prospect of success, by his being altogether disabled, by the absolute
want of the means of defraying the necessary expence, by his being
driven from his defence by the terror inspired by the prospect of the compound mass of affection in the shape
vexation and expence.

Identifier: | JB/106/145/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 106.
Date_1	1807-02-27	Marginal Summary Numbering	11-13
Box	106	Main Headings	scotch reform
Folio number	145	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	e11
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	34733
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