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[1] Page 21 §. 7. [It shall be lawful for his Majesty]
It After the words, his Majesty, it is common, where, as here, powers are given as here to
the Crown, to add after the words his Majesty, his
Heirs and Successors: but the addition, if unnecessary
(which it appears to be) is worse than useless.
It can not surely be necessary, consistently
with the maxim The King never dies: accordingly
where a provision relative to the Crown is meant to be confined to the King
on the throne, the words of restriction for that purpose
such as for the time of his Majesty's natural
life, never fail (it is believed) to be inserted. What
renders the addition if unnecessary worse than useless
is - not merely the surplusage, but the danger
of ambiguity: for if the addition being inserted
on one occasion, is omitted on any others,
there arises a ground for arguing, that where
Heirs and Successors are not mentioned they are
not intended.

Identifier: | JB/150/466/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 150.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	28
Box	150	Main Headings	police bill
Folio number	466	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f38
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	g & ep 1794
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer	fr3
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1794
Notes public		ID Number	50687
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