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In some respects it has been greatly to the advantage of those laws, but in others as much to their disadvantage and discredit, of which the maxim of which I now speak is a signal instance.
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He critiques the dual nature of British laws, noting both their advantages and disadvantages, particularly regarding a specific legal maxim.
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