14 August 1804

Procedure

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Lawyers' interest

Points adverse

'1. Points in which the interest of lawyers /the judge/ is adverse in general to that of the people /community/ at large in their capacity of suitors, i.e. considered as being or being liable to be /become/, or having need to become, suitors.

The points in which the interest of lawyers is capable of standing in opposition or ------ with reference to the interest of the community at large, ------- to the several evils that stand in opposition to the several ends of law and justice. If there be any evil /one of these evils/ which this particular class of men have a preponderant interest in seeing take place, in so far the aggregate interest of this particular class of men stands in opposition to the interest of the community at large: and the greater the numbers and importance of such evils, the more ---- and more forcible is /will be/ the opposition given to the general interest by the particular interest.

The following is a list of the evils which it is the interest of lawyers to see prevailing /prevalent/ in the administration of what is called justice in the arrangement /system/ of judication being rendered so in each instance by the several considerations that will respectively be pointed out.