The purpose of the Declaration of London (itself the subject of much difference of opinion) was to curtail this licence of decision, by providing the Court with so much ascertained Prize Law as to render action under the too-elastic phrase above quoted almost inconceivable.
Holland explains the purpose of the Declaration of London in limiting judicial discretion in prize law.
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