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The latter name is given to cases which are contrary
to ordinary expectation. In ambiguous cases it is
specially important to secure the good-will of the
judge, in the obscure to render him ready to receive
[p. 29]
instruction, in the mean to excite his attention. As
regards the honourable the very nature of the case is
sufficient to win the approval of the judge; in the
scandalous and extraordinary some kind of palliation
is required.
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1921.
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