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Degree, but I hope the Court will decide upon principle (i.e. giving the preference to the Judgemt Credr as such,) and not on the particr circumstances of the case.

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I said that the meaning of the word principal as applied to Credr is no where defined; that I conceive it to be rather a question of fact than of Law, that in deciding that question, I should think the nature of the Security ought to be the first & chief thing to be considered, but not the only thing; the magnitude of the