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Click Here To Edit COMPOSITION. Expedients for abbreviation. recapitulated.[The blemishesvitiosities, for I fear am terrfied to call them defects, or by any term whereby want is apt to be suggestedby the name of defects, or any word that is commonly understood to mean what when superficiality
is the arch grievance] The vitiositiesblemishes, I say, to which every thing is owing that we have reason to complain of in the composition of statutes,
tho' many in number, are few in kind. Hence it is that the remedies, specific and sovereign as they arewill be boring, are also few. I will here recapitulate
them, that the reader may have the satisfaction of seeing at one veiw a summary of all the points that appear requisite to be attended to
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1Obsoleta.Repeal, of as many Statutes and clauses of statutes as
are inoperative. The code of conduct regulated
by them having ceased. comparing limitations, or annexing and then, to Powers
totally taken away.2AntinomiaeOmission, of as many Statutes or clauses of Statutes,
more than one, as are contrarient, in Antinomiae.
3Homoionomiae Omission, of as many Statutes or clauses of statutes, more
than one, as are coin-cident, in Homoionomiae4Coadunatio Consolidation, of clauses, belonging to the same national
headThe word ["head"] is used in this place, rather than the word [title]; to avoid confusion from the double signification of the latter, dispersed through many acts, into one; this saves as
manyintroducing introductory prefaces (more than one) as there are Acts;—
2ndlyas many titles as there are Acts, whereof the whole contents
belong severally to a single head.[v.I.43 example]5DisPartitio Separation, fo clauses belonging to different natural heads
non comprized under one Act, in order to consolidate them
under their respective titles: this saves the proliarity of in the
titles [taken singly]. 6. Substitution, instead of explanation and amendment.Substitutio once Sarcenatronis.7 Omission, of the enacting formulary at the beginning of
every Section. Preambula Secho-nis8Omission, of Preambles nugatoryPreambuula Statuti9 Omission, of Preambles to repealments.10Generalization, of Clauses, of a general demand, hitherto
inserted particularlyoccasionally — v. Polychresta desiderata.By this means the sprate
Clauses that come under it, may be wary where omitted. As many clauses of a specific purpose as are uneludible under one clause of a general purpose.11Omission of general non obstantes. 12Omission, of unnecessary saving clauses.13 Giving to each Statute a name or Title no longer than is necessary
litation, of whole Statutes by reference instead of repeti-
for distinction: Citation by this Title alone, will
save recitals whether of Tenor or Purport, with regard to
-tion entire Statutes. V. XLVIII14 Numeration Numbering of the separable clauses in a Statue: this
in referring to the
14. Giving in like man-er, to each distinguish-able part of a Statute, a title no longer than is necessary for distinction; vis: some number. Citation by this number, will save recitals whether of Tenor or Purport with regard to parts of Statutes. v. XLVIII COMPOSITION. Expedients for Abbreviation. recapitu-[ ]-lated.
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15Omission, of words and phrases redundant by Co-
incidence.16 Omission, of words and phrases redundant by Inclusion. XLIX, 17. LI, 59, 52.17 Omission, of words and phrases redundant by literiority. LI, 49.18 Omission, of the specification of Sex.19 Omission, of the specification of Number.20 Substitution of a generic term miscarrying (with a definition) for a
list of Congeners:Species subalternate to it this saves as many words, more than one,
as the list comes to be repeated times, more than once. 21 Omission, of such members of the sentence as
may be omitted without injuring the sense, in
virtue of a Grammatical Chapsis, consonant to
wage.
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A List of Articles that be be omitted in the framing of a Digest.

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