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147._o 155_o 171._o and_o be_v the_o true_a art_n and_o science_n of_o law_n fol._n 166_o canon_n law_n and_o civil_a law_n have_v be_v at_o variance_n which_o shall_v spread_v most_o 163._o 185._o yet_o both_o of_o they_o have_v be_v admit_v by_o prince_n for_o several_a use_n 125._o 185._o that_o they_o be_v not_o inseparable_a as_o some_o do_v imagine_v 184._o canon_n law_n be_v but_o the_o civil_a law_n apply_v to_o the_o use_n of_o the_o church_n and_o church_n matter_n and_o be_v in_o most_o thing_n the_o same_o with_o the_o civil_a 163._o 186_o order_n divers_a thing_n mere_o temporal_a under_o pretence_n of_o be_v spiritual_a fol._n 186_o cause_n that_o be_v try_v by_o the_o civil_a law_n before_o the_o government_n change_v why_o they_o shall_v be_v try_v by_o the_o same_o law_n still_o 178._o and_o in_o the_o epistle_n d_o defence_n legal_a ought_v not_o even_o in_o capital_a matter_n be_v deny_v a_o subject_n against_o his_o king_n fol._n 7_o dead_a body_n not_o to_o be_v 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deceiver_n or_o to_o any_o one_o else_o 13._o most_o detestable_a in_o those_o that_o the_o law_n do_v most_o privilege_n when_o deceive_v fol._n 13_o foreign_a state_n not_o to_o be_v judge_v by_o municipal_a law_n fol._n 146_o foreign_a state_n why_o they_o do_v judge_v so_o much_o by_o the_o rule_n of_o the_o civil_a law_n fol._n 153_o g_z great_a man_n be_v not_o suffer_v to_o assume_v or_o protect_v the_o controversy_n or_o litigious_a suit_n of_o other_o fol._n 62_o guardian_n may_v husband_n but_o not_o sell_v the_o estate_n of_o their_o pupil_n fol._n 106_o government_n be_v at_o first_o without_o any_o law_n at_o all_o fol._n 110_o government_n be_v change_v the_o law_n seldom_o remain_v the_o same_o fol._n 116_o government_n howsoever_o change_v yet_o the_o civil_a law_n be_v of_o use_n fol._n 157._o 176_o i_o ingratitude_n do_v make_v a_o free_a gift_n revocable_a from_o he_o that_o be_v ungrateful_a fol._n 84_o italy_n be_v seven_o time_n bring_v almost_o to_o utter_v 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their_o law_n be_v never_o in_o use_n more_o fol._n 103_o l_o law_n what_o property_n it_o ought_v to_o have_v and_o that_o chief_o it_o ought_v to_o agree_v with_o reason_n 1.2_o &_o seq_n 46._o it_o be_v but_o a_o determination_n of_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n 4._o it_o must_v not_o only_o not_o cross_v the_o first_o and_o chief_a principle_n of_o nature_n but_o not_o such_o neither_o as_o be_v any_o way_n though_o remote_o depend_v on_o they_o 8._o to_o be_v fair_o and_o candid_o interpret_v and_o without_o any_o fraud_n 13._o may_v profitable_o contain_v the_o very_a maxim_n of_o reason_n 21._o common_a capacity_n no_o good_a judge_n of_o law_n 25._o and_o who_o be_v and_o what_o must_v be_v consider_v to_o judge_v right_o of_o they_o ibid._n the_o severity_n of_o they_o to_o be_v impute_v to_o the_o demerit_n of_o man_n 26._o though_o not_o so_o rational_a as_o other_o subject_n must_v acquitss_n in_o they_o till_o they_o be_v alter_v fol._n 31_o law_n of_o nation_n be_v that_o which_o order_v all_o affair_n between_o nation_n and_o nation_n 59_o to_o be_v know_v out_o of_o the_o civil_a law_n fol._n 61_o law_n of_o the_o twelve_o table_n the_o groundwork_n and_o foundation_n of_o the_o civil_a law_n fol._n 104_o law_n of_o all_o other_o nation_n be_v go_v and_o extinct_a with_o the_o state_n themselves_o except_v the_o roman_a fol._n 110_o law_n of_o some_o people_n more_o famous_a than_o other_o fol._n 111_o lotharius_n the_o emperor_n be_v the_o restorer_n of_o the_o civil_a law_n when_o it_o be_v as_o it_o be_v extinct_a in_o europe_n fol._n 122_o law_n foreign_a not_o to_o be_v prefer_v before_o the_o proper_a law_n of_o the_o country_n fol._n 125._o 140._o 144_o law_n of_o no_o nation_n so_o sufficient_a but_o that_o another_o law_n be_v needful_a fol._n 128._o 144._o 154_o law_n of_o government_n proper_a for_o the_o state_n itself_o be_v necessary_a in_o every_o nation_n fol._n 129._o 140_o law_n of_o all_o nation_n too_o imperfect_a for_o the_o multitude_n of_o case_n that_o do_v happen_v fol._n 52._o 144._o 145_o law_n not_o to_o be_v measure_v by_o their_o abuse_n or_o execution_n fol._n 28_o legal_a matter_n be_v to_o be_v judge_v by_o lawyer_n only_o fol._n 25._o 151_o lawyer_n none_o in_o foreign_a part_n but_o civilian_n fol._n 152_o lawyer_n of_o the_o latter_a age_n more_o learned_a than_o those_o before_o they_o fol._n 160_o two_o law_n in_o one_o state_n not_o inconvenient_a fol._n 120._o 154._o 182_o m_n municipal_a law_n must_v be_v in_o every_o nation_n 129._o 140._o and_o they_o to_o be_v prefer_v before_o any_o other_o law_n or_o reason_n fol._n 103._o 125._o 140._o 143._o 144_o municipal_a law_n be_v too_o short_a and_o scanty_a to_o take_v in_o all_o case_n that_o do_v arise_v fol._n 144_o merchant_n no_o fit_a judge_n to_o try_v and_o decide_v sea_n cause_n fol._n 148_o man_n how_o much_o they_o differ_v in_o their_o temper_n and_o so_o in_o their_o action_n fol._n 25._o 41._o 53._o 145_o monarchy_n be_v 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