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4480. LAW, Construing.—
Constructions
which do not result from the words of the
Legislator, but lie hidden in his breast, till
called forth, ex post facto, by subsequent
occasions, are dangerous and not to be justified
by ordinary emergencies.—
Report to Congress.
Ford ed., ii, 138.
(1778)
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