DANTE IN COURT.
Sir,—The passage from the Taradifo quoted by the Chief Justice is scarcely appropriate Ito the altitude assumed by the Court. The poet's meaning is merely that in forming judgments we should use caution and observe the maxim of the schools, "Distingue frequenter," lest wo bo misled by precipitatencss. He certainly does not suggest that our answer to a question should be so indefinite that (in the words of a learned judge). "You must find out what it means." If thnt. method of response were adopted by jurisconsults, law would cease to accord with Dante's own definition—"Keguln dircctiva vitae."—l am, etc.,
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1136, 25 May 1911, Page 5
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103DANTE IN COURT. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1136, 25 May 1911, Page 5
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