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But just as the advocate who rests his case on the
intention of the law must wherever possible impugn
the letter of the law, so he who defends the letter
of the law must also seek to gain support from the
intention. Again, in cases concerned with wills it
sometimes happens that the intention of the testator
is clear, though it has not been expressed in writing:
an example of this occurs in the trial of Curius, which
gave rise to the well-known argument between
Lucius Crassus and Scaevola.
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1922.
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