7 Aug st 1807 /7 March 1808/

Letter V

§.6. Reasons

Ends of Justice

In what respect respecting evils, and in what they differ from one another will be shewn immediately

Evils of the 1 st Order: the list of which gives that of the correspondent and opposite ends of justice.

1. Misdecision; when to the prejudice of the plaintiff's side of the cause.

2. Denial of Justice. This evil coincides in the main with that of misdecision, when to the prejudice of the plaintiff's side. The reason for making a distinct article of it will appear further on.

3. Non-decision. This, while it lasts, has the effect [of] denial of justice. The reason for making a distinct article of it will appear further on.

Quere[?] 4. Non-demand. viz. of judicial services done. This too has in the main the effect of misdecision to the prejudice of the plaintiff's side. The reason for making a distinct article of it will appear further on.

5. Vexation: viz. juridical vexation: vexation to which in and by a course of judicial investigation it may happen to individuals of various descriptions to be subjected.

6. Expence: viz. pecuniary expence: the burthen of defraying it is a particular species of vexation to which the parties to the suit are in a more particular degree exposed. The reason for making of this evil an article distinct from that of vexation will appear further on.

7. Delay. This article at last has the same effect as misdecision when to the prejudice of the plaintiff's side, denial of justice, and non-decision. The reason for making a separate article of it will appear further on.

8. Misdecision, when to the prejudice of the defendant's side. The effect of this may be considered as so much vexation, to which that side alone of the cause is i.e. those persons alone whose station is on that side of it are, exposed. The reason for making a separate article of it, distinct as well from misdecision to the prejudice of the plaintiff's side, as from vexation, will appear further on.