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 ¬by general practice, became almost the common assurance of that realm, and from its very nature the parent of expenses to an intolerable extent — all persons who can in any way be affected in their property or interests must invariably be made parties to any proceedings in this court, because its decrees are universally conclusive, and of course if any of them die, the suit may be said to die along with them ; so that in cases of great value, where there are often many com- plainants, and great numbers impleaded, the cause is perhaps laid out a corpse once a month, until after a decent time for interment, at which the Commissioners of Stamps, like our under- takers, are sure to be constant attendants — the heirs or other representatives succeed to the de- funct upon the record — and if their sheep were not as prolific and as short-lived as our own, it would be impossible to find a succession of parchment for their records. It is no wonder, therefore, that complaints are often loudly heard, and many have reason to complain, but never of the Judges, and very seldom of the ¬professors ¬