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chap._n vi_o where_o law_n or_o custom_n be_v want_v to_o judge_v by_o precedent_n or_o example_n have_v no_o defence_n in_o reason_n p._n 38_o chap._n vii_o that_o they_o be_v great_a advantage_n which_o a_o nation_n have_v by_o rule_v by_o a_o such_o a_o law_n as_o be_v rational_a p._n 46_o chap._n viii_o that_o christian_a nation_n have_v entertain_v the_o civil_a law_n into_o their_o territory_n have_v thereby_o acquire_v to_o themselves_o the_o most_o rational_a law_n that_o have_v be_v ordain_v as_o by_o the_o constitution_n thereof_o will_v appear_v p._n 51_o the_o argument_n of_o the_o chapter_n of_o the_o second_o book_n chap._n i._n that_o the_o greatness_n and_o the_o splendour_n of_o the_o roman_a empire_n do_v evidence_n the_o singular_a virtue_n of_o the_o law_n itself_o to_o which_o as_o to_o its_o proper_a cause_n it_o may_v be_v ascribe_v page_n 97_o chap._n ii_o the_o fundamental_o of_o the_o roman_a civil_a law_n be_v fetch_v from_o other_o state_n which_o do_v 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