In an American case in 1937, Justice Clarkson said this before delivering his dissent:

In those after years when this case, elevated to high authority by the cold finality of the printed page, is quoted with the customary ‘It has been said’ perchance another court will say, ‘Mayhaps the potter’s hand trembled at the wheel.’ Possibly when that moment comes these words may give the court a chance to say, ‘Yea, and a workman standing hard by saw the vase as it was cracked.’

Is cold here related to Definition 2? I'm guessing that Justice Clarkson's bemoaning that his dissent has been relegated to the printed page only, and can't change anything at that instant?

Source: P96, How the Law Works, Gary Slapper

In an American case in 1937, Justice Clarkson said this before delivering his dissent:

In those after years when this case, elevated to high authority by the cold finality of the printed page, is quoted with the customary ‘It has been said’ perchance another court will say, ‘Mayhaps the potter’s hand trembled at the wheel.’ Possibly when that moment comes these words may give the court a chance to say, ‘Yea, and a workman standing hard by saw the vase as it was cracked.’

Is cold here related to Definition 2? I'm guessing that Justice Clarkson's bemoaning that his dissent has been relegated to the printed page only, and can't change anything at that instant?

Source: P96, How the Law Works, Gary Slapper

In an American case in 1937, Justice Clarkson said this before delivering his dissent:

In those after years when this case, elevated to high authority by the cold finality of the printed page, is quoted with the customary ‘It has been said’ perchance another court will say, ‘Mayhaps the potter’s hand trembled at the wheel.’ Possibly when that moment comes these words may give the court a chance to say, ‘Yea, and a workman standing hard by saw the vase as it was cracked.’

Is cold here related to Definition 2? I'm guessing that Justice Clarkson's bemoaning that his dissent has been relegated to the printd page only, and can't change anything at that instant?

Source: P96, How the Law Works, Gary Slapper

In an American case in 1937, Justice Clarkson said this before delivering his dissent:

In those after years when this case, elevated to high authority by the cold finality of the printed page, is quoted with the customary ‘It has been said’ perchance another court will say, ‘Mayhaps the potter’s hand trembled at the wheel.’ Possibly when that moment comes these words may give the court a chance to say, ‘Yea, and a workman standing hard by saw the vase as it was cracked.’

Is cold here related to Definition 2? I'm guessing that Justice Clarkson's bemoaning that his dissent has been relegated to the printed page only, and can't change anything at that instant?

Source: P96, How the Law Works, Gary Slapper