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of the
five parts1 into which we divided judicial cases, any
single one other than the proof may on occasion be
dispensed with. But there can be no suit in which
the proof is not absolutely necessary. With regard
to the rules to be observed in this connexion, we
shall, I think, be wisest to follow our previous method
of classification and show first what is common to all
cases and then proceed to point out those which are
peculiar to the several kinds of cases.
1 I. ix. 1; IV. iii. 15.
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1921.
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