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SIR JAMES MANSFIELD English Lord Chief Justice (1733 - 1821) Property in land is capital; property in the funds is income without capital; property in mortgage is both capital and income.       - [Possession] The air of England has long been too pure for a slave, and every man is free who breathes it.       - said in the case of a black man, James Somerset, carried from Africa to Jamaica and sold         [Slavery] Give your decisions, never your reasons; your decisions may be right, your reasons are sure to be wrong.       - Advice [Judgment] Last Revised: 2008 November 10 Copyright © 1999-2008 John C. Shepard. All Rights Reserved. The GIGA name and logo are trademarks registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office by John C. Shepard.  WWW.GIGA-USA.COM     Back to Top of Page

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