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 Statutes then in force were adopted by the Irish, is the most remarkable; and it is necessary to take particular notice of this Act, because the effect of it is frequently misunderstood; for some have supposed, that hereby “all the Statutes, made in the Parliament of England concerning the public, should be observed in Ireland," without observing any farther distinction(21); as if they