A treatise on the law of idiocy and lunacy : to which is subjoined an appendix, containing the practice of the Court of Chancery on this subject, and some useful practical forms / By A. Highmore, solicitor.

  • Highmore, A. (Anthony), Jr., 1758-1829.
Date:
1807
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Credit: A treatise on the law of idiocy and lunacy : to which is subjoined an appendix, containing the practice of the Court of Chancery on this subject, and some useful practical forms / By A. Highmore, solicitor. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    this nature must be obvious to every one ; the Court has to pronounce, not upon one of those questions of state which relate to the birth or condition of parties, exte- rior qualities written in public registers, preserved in authentic muniments, and of which the principal proof is derived from the authority of the Law itself, but upon one of those doubtful and difficult ques- tions, of which the only subject is an in- visible quality, that frequently conceals itself from the most enlightened witnesses, an interior disposition, of which acts and writings are only an obscure and imperfect image; in a word, when it is to decide upon the state of the mind much more than upon that of the body (d). Hence, in the perusal of the following work the reader will certainly be enabled to add a considerable wreath of praise to the merit (d) Ibid. 553, Of