It states that it is the magistrate's duty to protect it; that he is bound to govern by law; that he must have a council of Brahmins to assist him in every material act that he does: in short, my Lords, there is not even a trace of arbitrary power in the whole system.
Burke argues that the magistrate's role is to protect property rights, not to exercise arbitrary power.
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