Quote#Nature
Amendments ought not to be made, except in cases where the alteration…
Quote byRichard Arden, 1st Baron Alvanley · 1744–1804
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Ex parte Motley et uxor (1801), 1 Bos. & Pull. 456..
English (original)
Amendments ought not to be made, except in cases where the alteration is of such a nature as that no one can be misled by it.
— Richard Arden, 1st Baron Alvanley
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