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 of the people is therefore absolutely necessary to constitute an effectual Legislature for any part of the British Empire; for no Tax can be levied, without manifest Robbery and Injustice, where this legal and constitutional Representation is wanting is because the English Law abhors the idea of taking the lead property from Freemen without their free consent — “It is iniquitous” (iniquum est,” says the maxim) (7) “that Freemen should