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These Courts were very properly adapted to the customs, manners, genius and policy of a people upon their first settlement: but, like all other human jurisdictions, vary in the course and progress of time, as the Government and manners of a people take a different turn, and fall under different circumstances.
Referring to Court leet; Lord Mansfield, Colebrooke v. Elliott (1765) 3 Burr. Part IV., p. 1863. | ||
