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<note><del><gap/></del> It comes unexpected</note> | <note><del><gap/></del> It comes unexpected</note> | ||
<p><del>The</del> <add>An</add> other inconvenience <del | <p><del>The</del> <add>An</add> other inconvenience <del>arising from the uncertainty</del><add>that may alter a</add><lb/> | ||
<del>of the</del> tax for want of its being fixed, is<lb/> | <del>of the</del> tax for want of its being fixed, is<lb/> | ||
that it is apt to take a man unprepared. Now<lb/> | that it is apt to take a man unprepared. Now<lb/> | ||
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and as unexpected as it is possible for an event<lb/> | and as unexpected as it is possible for an event<lb/> | ||
to come upon him. Who for instance can<lb/> | to come upon him. Who for instance can<lb/> | ||
prevent that <add>on such a day</add> a man will | prevent that <add>on such a day</add> a man will beat him or rob<lb/> | ||
him or prosecute him unjustly for either of<lb/> | him or prosecute him unjustly for either of<lb/> | ||
those crimes.</p> | those crimes.</p> | ||
Even<del><gap/></del> when the principal event, the event<lb/> | <p>Even<del><gap/></del> when the principal event, the event<lb/> | ||
which has made it necessary for him to institute<lb/> | which has made it necessary for him to institute<lb/> | ||
or defend a prosecution, has happened,<lb/> | or defend a prosecution, has happened,<lb/> | ||
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of the <sic>burthen</sic> he has to bear. That <sic>burthen</sic><lb/> | of the <sic>burthen</sic> he has to bear. That <sic>burthen</sic><lb/> | ||
<del>as</del> we have already <del><gap/></del> had occasion<lb/> | <del>as</del> we have already <del><gap/></del> had occasion<lb/> | ||
to <sic>shew</sic>. | to <sic>shew</sic>, is liable to be more or less enhanced by<lb/> | ||
the rapacity or <sic>unskifulness</sic> of the lawyers of<lb/> | |||
both sides, and by the litigiousness of the adversary.<lb/> | |||
It is liable also to be enhanced without<lb/> | |||
any such <del>fall</del> misbehaviour, by the death of<lb/> | |||
parties or witnesses, the</p><pb/> | |||
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Click Here To Edit C Of Taxes on Law Proceedings
It comes unexpected
The An other inconvenience arising from the uncertaintythat may alter a
of the tax for want of its being fixed, is
that it is apt to take a man unprepared. Now
this is the more particularly the case with this kind
of tax than with any other. In most cases the
event from which the obligation on a man to
pay it results, comes upon him as sudden
and as unexpected as it is possible for an event
to come upon him. Who for instance can
prevent that on such a day a man will beat him or rob
him or prosecute him unjustly for either of
those crimes.
Even when the principal event, the event
which has made it necessary for him to institute
or defend a prosecution, has happened,
he is far enough as yet from knowing the amount
of the burthen he has to bear. That burthen
as we have already had occasion
to shew, is liable to be more or less enhanced by
the rapacity or unskifulness of the lawyers of
both sides, and by the litigiousness of the adversary.
It is liable also to be enhanced without
any such fall misbehaviour, by the death of
parties or witnesses, the
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