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Sir Richard Bolton had allowed that such Laws, made in England, as are declaratory of the common-Law, do bind Ireland without any confirmation there; (see Hibernica, p. 27, &c.) Serjeant Mayart hopes to avail himself of the circumstance, and observes thereupon, “It must necessarily follow" (says he, p. 76) “that the Parliament of England hath still an influence upon Ireland,” &c. And a little