The English legislation may be compared to the stock of an old tree, upon which lawyers have engrafted the most various shoots, with the hope that, although their fruits may differ, their foliage at least will be confounded with the venerable trunk which supports them all.
Legeria ingelesa antzinako zuhaitz bat bezala da, beraren gain legelariek etengabe kimurik arraroenak txertatu dituztelarik itxaropen batekin, alegia, kimu horiek, fruitu ezberdinak eman arren, gutxienez beren hostaia euskarri duten enbor beneragarriarekin bat egingo duten itxaropenarekin.