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But when
the reason given is itself disputable, we must
establish the certainty of the premises by which we
are proposing to prove what is uncertain. For
example, if our opponent says “You are not his
son” or “You are illegitimate” or “You are not his
only son”; or, again, “You are not his heir” or “The
will is invalid” or “You are not entitled to inherit”
or “You have co-heirs,” we must prove the validity
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of the reason on which we base our claim that the
property should be adjudicated to us.
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1921.
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