Precedents grounded on principles so favorable to the fairness and equity of judicial proceedings, given in the reigns of Charles II. and James II., were not likely to be abandoned after the Revolution.
Burke asserts that judicial precedents favoring fairness were unlikely to be disregarded after the Revolution.
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