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1825 Nov. 23
Constitutional CodeCh. XIX. Judge Deputes permanent
§. 3. Relation to Principal
(1)
Instructions
Observations or Instructions as to Art. 12
Now comes an abuse to be guarded against.
By forbearing to assign suits and thereby to give employment to
the Judge Depute in question, the Judge principal will of
course have it in his power so long as he continues
in that same judicatory (that is to say for three years) to return in any degree or
even to stop altogether the continuance of a Judge Depute
permanent's service year; and thence, in a corresponding
degree, if his service time has not been fulfilled, his capacity
of being located as in the situation of Judge principal.
From this state of things results unavoidably no small
share of arbitrary power exercisable by the Judge principal
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