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<note>13</note><lb/> | |||
<head>Appropriation</head> <note>I</note><lb/> | |||
<note>12<lb/> | |||
Instances where<lb/> | |||
it does so without<lb/> | |||
complaint — establishment<lb/> | |||
of life<lb/> | |||
estates<lb/> | |||
or less estate<lb/> | |||
in land</note> | |||
<p>This facility of making new dispositions of property<lb/> | |||
without thwarting expectation we see it exercised by<lb/> | |||
legislative authority in a thousand instances and<lb/> | |||
that without any inconvenience. To put the strongest<lb/> | |||
instance; viz: that of <del><gap/></del> <add>a life</add> annuity required by the<lb/> | |||
father of a family who has children. Were he to<lb/> | |||
take it in the way of ordinary succession his children<lb/> | |||
would expect to enjoy it after his death as he<lb/> | |||
enjoy'd it after the death of his predecessors. But<lb/> | |||
the <add>by the very</add> contract in virtue of which he enjoys it (which<lb/> | |||
contract by being adopted by the legislature or judicial<lb/> | |||
authority has become a kind of particular law of the<lb/> | |||
state) the formation of all such expectations has been<lb/> | |||
prevented <add>stopped</add> in their very source. The father knows<lb/> | |||
his children are not to have it after him: the children<lb/> | |||
know they are not to have it: he and they, if they<lb/> | |||
have common prudence <del><gap/></del> make provision and<lb/> | |||
regulate their plan of life accordingly; and when<lb/> | |||
the father drops, no pain of disappointment flows<lb/> | |||
to the children from this source.</p> | |||
<p>Would it be consistent with ability then to<lb/> | |||
turn all estates into life-estates, for the <del><gap/></del> benefit<lb/> | |||
of the public, leaving nothing to descend to the children?<lb/> | |||
<del>Evidently not and doing by all men without distinction<lb/> | |||
what is done with regard to the chief servants</del><lb/></p> | |||
<note>13<lb/> | |||
The rule of succession<lb/> | |||
proposed<lb/> | |||
ought not to be<lb/> | |||
further extended<lb/> | |||
in prejudice of<lb/> | |||
children why<lb/></note> | |||
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Appropriation I
12
Instances where
it does so without
complaint — establishment
of life
estates
or less estate
in land
This facility of making new dispositions of property
without thwarting expectation we see it exercised by
legislative authority in a thousand instances and
that without any inconvenience. To put the strongest
instance; viz: that of a life annuity required by the
father of a family who has children. Were he to
take it in the way of ordinary succession his children
would expect to enjoy it after his death as he
enjoy'd it after the death of his predecessors. But
the by the very contract in virtue of which he enjoys it (which
contract by being adopted by the legislature or judicial
authority has become a kind of particular law of the
state) the formation of all such expectations has been
prevented stopped in their very source. The father knows
his children are not to have it after him: the children
know they are not to have it: he and they, if they
have common prudence make provision and
regulate their plan of life accordingly; and when
the father drops, no pain of disappointment flows
to the children from this source.
Would it be consistent with ability then to
turn all estates into life-estates, for the benefit
of the public, leaving nothing to descend to the children?
Evidently not and doing by all men without distinction
what is done with regard to the chief servants
13
The rule of succession
proposed
ought not to be
further extended
in prejudice of
children why
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