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Page 31
... rule . It is also called a rule , to distinguish it from advice or counsel , which we are at liberty to follow or not , as we see proper , and to judge upon the reasonableness or unreasonableness of the thing advised : whereas our ...
... rule . It is also called a rule , to distinguish it from advice or counsel , which we are at liberty to follow or not , as we see proper , and to judge upon the reasonableness or unreasonableness of the thing advised : whereas our ...
Page 51
... rule to abide by former precedents , where the same points come again in litigation as well to keep the scale of justice even and steady , and not liable to waver with every new judge's opinion ; as also because the law in that case ...
... rule to abide by former precedents , where the same points come again in litigation as well to keep the scale of justice even and steady , and not liable to waver with every new judge's opinion ; as also because the law in that case ...
Page 567
... rules of evidence , calculated to investigate who the purchasing ancestor was ; which * in feudis vere antiquis has in process of time been forgotten , and is supposed so to be in feuds that are held ut antiquis . VI . A sixth rule or ...
... rules of evidence , calculated to investigate who the purchasing ancestor was ; which * in feudis vere antiquis has in process of time been forgotten , and is supposed so to be in feuds that are held ut antiquis . VI . A sixth rule or ...
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