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1826. July Aug. 1
Penal Code.Form
Ch. Phraseology
§. Length of Sentence

Ch. or §. Structure of Sentences – Length of Sentences

Proposition – The shorter the sentence, the better. Rule – Minimize the length of sentence.

Reasons. Advantages. Uses. 1. The shorter the sentence, the
clearer is it in the eyes to the reader: the clearer that is to say the
more free from obscurity: more easily apprehended by the
conception: more easily retained in the memory.

2. The shorter the sentence the clearer it is in the eyes of
the Legislator and the Judge. For the purpose of continued
supervision and amendment much clearer will it be to the eyes
of the Judge: for he purpose of interpretation, in those of the Judge.

What To be perfectly clear to the conception the judgment and the
memory every distinguishable proposition must be presented by
itself unconnected with Exception excepted every other: no more this an object object,

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Date_1	1826-08-01	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	549	Main Headings
Folio number	104	Info in main headings field	Penal Code
Image	001	Titles
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