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<p>that when once the adequate proportion of words is <sic>exceedid</sic>,<lb/> | <p>that when once the adequate proportion of words is <sic>exceedid</sic>,<lb/> | ||
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discourse, is the roaming out into unnecessary <lb/> | discourse, is the roaming out into unnecessary <lb/> | ||
specifications, and that if by a thousand <del><gap/></del> terms<lb/> | specifications, and that if by a thousand <del><gap/></del> terms<lb/> | ||
of specific import, less <del><gap/></del> may be said than by the <add> | of specific import, less <del><gap/></del> may be said than by the <add>single</add> the <lb/> | ||
general one to which they are <add>stand</add> subordinate. <lb/></p> | general one to which they are <add>stand</add> subordinate. <lb/></p> | ||
<p><add>Again,</add> to the word removing of which is the | <p><add>Again,</add> to the word removing of which is the word in the statute,<lb/> | ||
I have restituted the word, "quitting business" because it <lb/> | I have restituted the word, "quitting business" because it <lb/> | ||
is a probable case that a person may quit the <lb/> | is a probable case that a person may quit the <lb/> | ||
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their own meaning, that <add>judges</add> perhaps <del>judges</del> may speak.<lb/> | their own meaning, that <add>judges</add> perhaps <del>judges</del> may speak.<lb/> | ||
it for them. This is the answer to be given to those <add>[+]</add> <note>[+] who are for retaining impropriety improper <del>and</del> language because it is of long standing, and</note><lb/> | it for them. This is the answer to be given to those <add>[+]</add> <note>[+] who are for retaining impropriety improper <del>and</del> language because it is of long standing, and</note><lb/> | ||
who think <del> | who think <del>it possible that</del> a Legislator <del>can</del> <add>may</add> be too <lb/> | ||
accurate in the choice of his explanations.</p> | accurate in the choice of his explanations.</p> | ||
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18 Observations.
that when once the adequate proportion of words is exceedid,
the more than not, the more they are in danger of not using
enough: an observation a proportion seemingly paradoxical, but
the truth of which , becomes apparent when it is
considered, that the grand cause of redundancy in legal
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discourse, is the roaming out into unnecessary
specifications, and that if by a thousand terms
of specific import, less may be said than by the single the
general one to which they are stand subordinate.
Again, to the word removing of which is the word in the statute,
I have restituted the word, "quitting business" because it
is a probable case that a person may quit the
business without removing out of the house. A Parent
for example, becoming infirm, gives up
the management of the business house to his child,
but continues there as a border. So For right
vers rights like these there is a remedy in the
accustomed license of judicial construction: that it is but
an indifferent reason for making a law [in a piece
of work] that perhaps it may be mended. Nor is it a
good reason to give why Legislators should not speak
their own meaning, that judges perhaps judges may speak.
it for them. This is the answer to be given to those [+] [+] who are for retaining impropriety improper and language because it is of long standing, and
who think it possible that a Legislator can may be too
accurate in the choice of his explanations.
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