I need say no more on the insult offered not only to all equity and justice, but to the common sense of mankind, in deciding legal property by physical principles, and establishing the convenience of a party as a rule of public law.
Burke condemns the decision to determine legal property based on physical principles, arguing it undermines equity and common sense.
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