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A Law
when com-
pleat.
A law is complete, (that is in completely
exp
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<head>A Law
when compleat.
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A Law is complete, (that is is completely
) expressed) when the act it prohibits- (to take
the instance of a prohibition Law) is to fully and the
punishment for it (to take the instance of
a penal Law,) are so expressed as that, granting the act
so described to have been done, no suppo
ition can be framed, on which, according
to the Will of the Legistlator, the punish-
-ment in question shall not take place
this being the case, for Law one shall
, a an instance perhaps of a Law-t ding
prohibits - (to take
the instance of a prohibition Law ) is so fully and the
punishment for it (to take the instance of
a penal Law,) are so as that, granting the
so described to have been done, no supposition
can be framed, on which, according
to the Will of the Legislator, the punishment
in question shall not take place
This being the case one shall
see an instance perhaps of a Law entire
with all having it's parts collected together into
one continuous series,uncomplicated with
any part of any other Law.
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introd. a law - when compleat |
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