Merchants and traders ... are harassed and perplexed by twenty different systems of municipal laws, often repugnant to each other and themselves; always defective; seldom executed in good faith; prolific in endless frauds, perjuries, and evasions; and never productive of ... any sort of justice, to the creditor.
Beveridge critiques the chaotic legal landscape affecting merchants and traders, highlighting the inefficacy of municipal laws.
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