Titles by Gentleman at the bar

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Pseudonym connotes a person of objective unbiased legal judgement.

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“Gentleman of the Bar” is a pseudonym employed to evoke an objective, professional sensibility, without bias, and independent of all economic inducements or incentives. A gentleman at this time, was to be a person of independent means who could not be bought or corrupted. Being also of the law, this writer sought to convey that he was of impartial or objective legal opinion.

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An Examination of the Rights of the Colonies upon Principles of Law

Gentleman at the bar

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