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 In the introduction to his Commentaries, p. 101, he hath delivered his sentiments much to the same effect as the other more ancient writers, already mentioned. — That “no Acts of the English Parliament, since the twelfth of King John, extended into that kingdom,” (Ireland,) “unless it were SPECIALLY NAMED, or INCLUDED UNDER GENERAL WORDS, such as WITHIN ANY OF THE KING’S DOMINIONS," &c. And, in page 103, he repeats the same doctrine, “that no Acts of the English Parliament made since the 10th Hen. VII. do now bind the people of Ireland, unless SPECIALLY NAMED or INCLUDED UNDER GENERAL