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the decision of the 12 Judges in this behalf as
the more conclusive, and the Idea of over-ruling it
by any extra-Judicial authority, as the more unconstitutional
and indefensible, inasmuch as that venerable
Body not only were Judges ad hoc, appointed by the
particular Act of Parliament in question, but, by the
General Law of Parliament, are the regular and official
Guardians of all private Rights, in as far as
such Rights stand liable to be affected by Acts of
Parliament. In the present instance, the authority
of this venerable Body was even farther reinforced
by the addition of three other great Magistrates,
the Lord Mayor of London, the Speaker of the House
of Commons, and the Lord High Chancellor: but,
not to tire your Lordships with repetitions, your
Memorialist will beg leave hence-forward to waive
the mention and the benefit of this additional
Body of authority, and content himself with
what, to his humble apprehension, is quite
sufficient for the purpose of his Argument, the
authority of the 12 Judges

Supposing your Lordships' Judgment in this
respect not absolutely confined by any legal tie,
your Memorialist humbly conceives, that, were it
merely out of decorum, and reverence towards
an authority which has so much claim to reverence

Identifier: | JB/118/055/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 118.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	118	Main Headings	panopticon
Folio number	055	Info in main headings field
Image	002	Titles
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	2
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f25 / f26
Penner		Watermarks	coles
Marginals		Paper Producer	patrick colquhoun
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public	see note to letter 988, vol. 5	ID Number	39109
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