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[lxxxiv. 49] 1821 Dec. 14 Codification
[lxxxiv. 49]

1821 Dec. 14

Codification Proposal

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Appendix

Lawyers interest

1. clear, 2 comprehensive. 3. correct 4 concise. 5. consistent, compact or orderly 6 open to [...?] that conception be [?] clear, comprehensive, and correct

To the same purpose what is required by the interest of the greatest number is that the /the discourse forming the/ ”matter• of the law being real and not imaginary be conceived in terms, phrases and propositions and other larger portions, as clear, that is to say as free from obscurity, ambiguity, as comprehensive with respect to what the end in view requires, as free /pure / from misstatement, that is to say as correct /adequate [?]/ /apposite/, and as free from superfluous matter © matter that adds nothing to the sense that is to say as concise, as consistent that is to say as free from mutually contradictory propositions, and as compact, that is ranged in the order most favorable /conducive/ to clear, comprehensive, and correct conception as possible: and that the order be such as shall be in the highest degree conducive to needful and effective promulgation /adapted to the purpose/

To the same purpose what is required by the same public /general/ interest, is © that of the said matter of law each portion should be presented in the most effectual manner to the senses and the minds of all descriptions of persons who on any account whether it be in respect of benefits conferred by it on them or burthens imposed by it on them have an interest in its being present to their minds: and that on the other hand, that which as above belongs to each should be detached from every thing that does not belong to him, lest by the weight of aggregate weight /bulk/ of the burthen that which does belong be in part or in whole prevented from obtaining or from preserving a place in his mind.
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