15 Apr. 1803

Evidence

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Ends

Ends in general

In this word properties we may observe /may be observed/ another heading term which has been employed with advantage in the character of a basis of arrangement especially in any work on which speculation has pratice for its end /the theory has a practical object in view/. A system of procedure being to be established, required the properties of which it is desirable it should be possessed: the properties, concerning which it is desirable that they should be found in it. The properties /property/ desirable in a system of procedure is that it be rendered conducive to the abovementioned objects or ends:- that it have the effect of warding off /preserving the community[?]/ - or[?] as far as the nature of things admitts - from the several abovementioned inconveniences /heads of inconvenience/. Corresponding to those ends the heads /species/ of inconvenience the avoidance of which constitutes respectievly so many distinct and subordinate objects or ends.

Another vocabulary, in which the positive form /phases[?]/ prdominates, may be more acceptable to some conceptions.

Ends of a sustem of Procedure, six. Properties of a good system of procedure - Properties desirable in a system of Procedure, subserviency to those respective ends.

1. Rectitude of decision. Under this article are comprehended the six inconveniences of the first order: rectitude of decision consists in the avoidance of those several inconveniences - according to the nature of the cause - whether penal or non-penal - and according to the side of the cause contemplated - whether the plaintiffs or the defendants.

2. Unvexatiousness - avoidance of the inconvenience of unnecessary vexation.

3. Cheapness - avoidance of the inconvenience of unnecessary expence.

4. Promptitude - avoidance of the inconvenience of unnecessary delay.

5. Maturity - avoidance of the inconvenience of satisfaction.

6. Simplicity - avoidance of the inconvenience of unnecessary intricacy.