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The sublime power of a court becomes nothingness, and is ridiculous, if its decrees cannot be executed to the very death of the party against whom they are made.
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gutenberg.orgHorace Mann: “The sublime power of a court becomes nothingness, and is ridiculous, if its decrees cannot be executed to the very death…”
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Mann emphasizes the importance of enforcing court decrees, suggesting that without enforcement, judicial power is meaningless.
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