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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1669
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Statist, n. [e.m.E. statist (1584), 17th c. F. statiste, It. statista, f. L. status Stat(e n.] One involved in public affairs, a politician, statesman. — 1669 Jus Populi 40.
Our … argument is taken from the law … of nature … An argument made use of not only by Lex Rex … but by divines, canonists, lawyers and others … The civil law it self tells us that this … floweth from the law of nature … But here cometh out a green statist, … and avovves … that it is too grosse divinity to bring such an argument from beasts
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