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When the accusation is simple, we must consider
whether to give a single answer to the charge or
several. In the former case, we must decide
whether the question is one of fact or of law: if it is
one of fact, we must deny the fact or justify it: if, on
the other hand, it is a question of law, we must decide
on what special point the dispute arises and whether
the question turns on the letter or the intention of
the law.
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1922.
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