A treatise on the law of idiocy and lunacy / by A. Highmore.

  • Highmore, A. (Anthony), Jr., 1758-1829.
Date:
1822
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Credit: A treatise on the law of idiocy and lunacy / by A. Highmore. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    part of the community; and in carefully se- curing them against injury from their own hands, and injury from the self-interest of others ; he will view the guardianship of this jurisdiction, vested in the first estate of the realm, and then delegated to the Judge whose office it is to preside over the highest Court of Equity, a delegation consonant to the tender regard of the Crown for the wel- fare of the people and to the delicate situation of the afflicted objects of its care ; where their personal and pecuniary rights can he discus- sed and protected with peculiar attention, and the interests of their families at the same time preserved ; where the severity of the princi- ples of Courts of Law is mitigated and relax- ed, and a more liberal and expanded judg- ment is pronounced upon a cool investigation of all the circumstances of the case* It is a source of great satisfaction to these and to all other suitors of this Court, that its jurisdiction is generally committed to men who have already passed through a long course of general practice ; or whose em- inence has raised them to the highest seat in one of the Courts of Common Law; where their learning and integrity have signalized their official duties ; and have finally trans- 1*