Common Law Pleading

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    If any man can shew any just cause, why they may not lawfully be joined together, let him now speak, or else hereafter for ever hold his peace.
    —Book Of Common Prayer, The. Solemnization of Matrimony, “Exhortation,” (1662)

    The law is a great thing,—because men are poor and weak, and bad. And it is great, because where it exists in its strength, no tyrant can be above it. But between you and me there should be no mention of law as the guide of conduct. Speak to me of honour, and of duty, and of nobility; and tell me what they require of you.
    Anthony Trollope (1815–1882)

    Sweet, let me go! Sweet, let me go!
    What do you mean to vex me so?
    Cease, cease, cease your pleading force!
    Unknown. Sweet, Let Me Go! (L. 1–3)