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<hi rend='superscript'>[+]</hi> <note><hi rend='superscript'>[+]</hi> Let us see a <unclear>person</unclear>, upon <del>what was <unclear>likely to be</unclear></del> <add>a view of the general complexion</add> the of the English Law what | <hi rend='superscript'>[+]</hi> <note><hi rend='superscript'>[+]</hi> Let us see a <unclear>person</unclear>, upon <del>what was <unclear>likely to be</unclear></del> <add>a view of the general complexion</add> the of the English Law what was likely to be the effect of it's introduction into Bengal.</note> | ||
The statute law framed <add>for the most part</add> with very considerable<lb/> | The statute law framed <add>for the most part</add> with very considerable<lb/> | ||
regard for the welfare of England, was framed without any<lb/> | regard for the welfare of England, was framed without any<lb/> | ||
regard to the interests [welfare] of Bengal <add><del><unclear>those</unclear> < | regard to the interests [welfare] of Bengal <add><del><unclear>those</unclear> <sic>Mahomitan</sic> Judges</del> a country</add> the acquisition<lb/> | ||
of which had never been foreseen. The common law in which<lb/> | of which had never been foreseen. The common law in which<lb/> | ||
accident rather than design has mixed in a few <del><unclear>parts</unclear></del> <add>principles</add> which <add><del>Let us see a <gap/> what was <unclear>likely</unclear></del></add><lb/> | accident rather than design has mixed in a few <del><unclear>parts</unclear></del> <add>principles</add> which <add><del>Let us see a <gap/> what was <unclear>likely</unclear></del></add><lb/> | ||
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one in the framing of which the happiness of<lb/> | one in the framing of which the happiness of<lb/> | ||
the people has been kept in view? it is <add>just</add> as<lb/> | the people has been kept in view? it is <add>just</add> as<lb/> | ||
one to twenty. | one to twenty.</p><!-- End of paragraph with a line through it --> | ||
<p><!-- Horizontal line across page -->[To <sic>compleat</sic> the matter] let us [now] see<lb/> | |||
what have been the effects of this <unclear>operation</unclear><lb/> | |||
in practise. Three <sic>Mahomitan</sic> judges, compelled<lb/> | |||
by the only authority which they see<lb/> | |||
established [in the country] take upon them<lb/> | |||
the cognizance of a civil suit: <note>Bad in its nature <unclear>evil</unclear>, when <gap/> it <unclear>becomes</unclear> intolerable</note> | |||
they execute<lb/> | |||
their authority: they execute it [in the accustomed<lb/> | |||
manner] without any imputation of<lb/> | |||
<add><gap/>-<gap/></add> dishonesty. Convened before the English Judges, <add>they</add></p> | |||
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[+] [+] Let us see a person, upon what was likely to be a view of the general complexion the of the English Law what was likely to be the effect of it's introduction into Bengal.
The statute law framed for the most part with very considerable
regard for the welfare of England, was framed without any
regard to the interests [welfare] of Bengal those Mahomitan Judges a country the acquisition
of which had never been foreseen. The common law in which
accident rather than design has mixed in a few parts principles which Let us see a what was likely
to be the effect of the of the
are inestimable, has been made up with scarce any regard for
the welfare of any country, not even of that which gave it birth
English law. Ld , the great oracle of
this law, has enunciated [twenty] topics of
or heads of argument which according to him
serve as grounds of decision in the courts of
justice. [+] Of these twenty, the principle of
utility, the argumentium ab inconveniente,
as he phrases it, is one, it must be supposed [+]
[+] It is neither the first nor the last, nor in any post of honour. it is shuffled in without distinction <add>towards</add> the middle.
What is the chance
then that the rule of law in which the decision is grounded in any given instance shall be
one in the framing of which the happiness of
the people has been kept in view? it is just as
one to twenty.
[To compleat the matter] let us [now] see
what have been the effects of this operation
in practise. Three Mahomitan judges, compelled
by the only authority which they see
established [in the country] take upon them
the cognizance of a civil suit: Bad in its nature evil, when it becomes intolerable
they execute
their authority: they execute it [in the accustomed
manner] without any imputation of
- dishonesty. Convened before the English Judges, they
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