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<p><!-- indented --><note>— and easy to break through.</note> To <sic>compleat</sic> the confusion, the distinction between an | <p><!-- indented --><note>— and easy to break through.</note> To <sic>compleat</sic> the confusion, the distinction between an | ||
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Insolvent who <hi rend='underline'>can</hi> be a Bankrupt , and an Insolvent | Insolvent who <hi rend='underline'>can</hi> be a Bankrupt, and an Insolvent | ||
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who can<hi rend='underline'>not</hi> , may be broken down with certainty : but | who can<hi rend='underline'>not</hi> , may be broken down with certainty: but | ||
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then it can only be done by artifice and prevarication; and | then it can only be done by artifice and prevarication; and | ||
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friends to join with him may make himself a Trader | friends to join with him may make himself a Trader | ||
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for the purpose: perhaps at any rate ; certainly under a | for the purpose: perhaps at any rate; certainly under a | ||
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system of Laws which takes care to leave every thing undefined. | system of Laws which takes care to leave every thing undefined. | ||
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<p><!-- indented --><note><sic>Expence</sic> of enforcing the Bankrupt Laws.</note> As to <sic>expence</sic>, never did a Commission of Bankruptcy | <p><!-- indented --><note><sic>Expence</sic> of enforcing the Bankrupt Laws.</note> As to <sic>expence</sic>, never did a Commission of Bankruptcy | ||
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cost so little as | cost so little as £1 80: the greatest part made up of | ||
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<sic>expences</sic> palpably unnecessary : taxes under the name of taxes ; | <sic>expences</sic> palpably unnecessary : taxes under the name of taxes; | ||
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taxes under the name of fees for taking steps that are | taxes under the name of fees for taking steps that are | ||
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of no use . The poor are <del>not worth the consideration of the</del> <add>never worth considering .</add> | of no use. The poor are <del>not worth the consideration of the</del> <add>never worth considering.</add> | ||
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<del>Law</del> . I forget: they are so in a time of Jubilee; for about | <del>Law</del>. I forget: they are so in a time of Jubilee; for about | ||
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two or three months at a time : once in about five or Six | two or three months at a time: once in about five or Six | ||
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Years. | Years. | ||
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18.
C
Of Culpable Insolvency.
— and easy to break through. To compleat the confusion, the distinction between an
Insolvent who can be a Bankrupt, and an Insolvent
who cannot , may be broken down with certainty: but
then it can only be done by artifice and prevarication; and
at a great expence. Any man by getting two or three
friends to join with him may make himself a Trader
for the purpose: perhaps at any rate; certainly under a
system of Laws which takes care to leave every thing undefined.
Expence of enforcing the Bankrupt Laws. As to expence, never did a Commission of Bankruptcy
cost so little as £1 80: the greatest part made up of
expences palpably unnecessary : taxes under the name of taxes;
taxes under the name of fees for taking steps that are
of no use. The poor are not worth the consideration of the never worth considering.
Law. I forget: they are so in a time of Jubilee; for about
two or three months at a time: once in about five or Six
Years.
The above is but a very imperfect and but too favourable
a Picture of the Absurdities of the English Law on the subject
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