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Blackstone

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Black·stone  (blkstn, -stn), Sir William 1723-1780.
British jurist and educator who wrote Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765-1769), the most comprehensive single treatment of the body of English law.
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The truth is, on the contrary, that his prerogative, in this respect, is immenmorial, and was only disputed, "contrary to all reason and precedent," as Blackstone vol.
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Blackstone, though an eccentric, is not known to have been an immoral man.
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