SIR WILLIAM BLACKSTONE, an 18th-century jurist who wrote a famous four-volume history of English law, described a man’s right to trial by his peers as “the principal bulwark of our liberties”.

威廉布雷克斯顿爵士，这位写下著名的四卷英国法律历史的18世纪法学家，把公民接受其他普通公民对其审判的权利视为“我们自由最重要的堡垒”。

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"The executor... Is allowed to pay himself first, by retaining in his hands so much as his debt amounts to" (William Blackstone).

“遗嘱执行人可以先自己支付，但需在手上保存有与自己的债务相当的钱”(威廉·布莱克·斯通)。

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William Blackstone, in his 18th-century "Commentaries on the Laws of England", was more explicit: to open a house for travellers implied "an engagement to entertain all persons who travel that way".

William Blackstone则在18世纪的英格兰法律注释中更明确的表示：以接纳旅游者而营运的旅店就已经默示了接待所有通过这条路的人的约定。

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Some judges have also looked to Constitutional antecedents like English jurist William Blackstone to help better understand the context and thinking of the Founders and their foundations in English common law.

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