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See also Coke's Reports, Semayne's Case, 1605. Compare Blackstone, above.


This is the origin of the description of America as the “asylum for mankind.” The word in this context indicates a place of safety and refuge.


James Otis
James Otis
  • Born: February 5, 1725
  • Died: May 23, 1783
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Lawyer, Political Activist, Pamphleteer, Legislator

James Otis Jr. was an American lawyer, political activist, pamphleteer, and legislator in Boston, a member of the Massachusetts provincial assembly, and an early advocate of the Patriot views against the policy of Parliament which led to the American Revolution. His well-known catchphrase "Taxation without Representation is tyranny" became the basic Patriot position.