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And these considerations must vary
according to the complexity of laws and other
documents, whether they are in agreement or contradictory, since fact throws light on fact and law on
law as in the following argument: “I owed you no
money: you never summoned me for debt, you took
no interest from me, nay, you actually borrowed
money from me.” It is laid down by law that he
who refuses to defend his father when accused of
treason thereby loses his right to inherit. A son
denies that he is liable to this penalty unless his
father is acquitted. How does he support this contention? There is another law to the effect that a
man found guilty of treason shall be banished and
his advocate with him.
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1921.
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