On the record
On this head the parent law is express and clear, and has made many wise provisions, which, without destroying, regulate and restrain the right of ownership by the right of vicinage.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke emphasizes the legal provisions that regulate property ownership in relation to neighbors.
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