 | Horace Twiss - 1844 - 544 Seiten
...and, " ' as that is larger, or narrower, so is equity. It is all one " ' as if they should make the standard for the measure we " ' call a foot, a Chancellor's...foot ; what an uncertain measure " ' would this be I One Chancellor has a long foot, another " ' a short foot, a third an indifferent foot : it is the... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1845 - 688 Seiten
...business, f equity judge. Habeas corpus and prohibitions. as if they should make the standard for thc measure we call a foot ' a chancellor's foot.' What...is the same thing in the chancellor's conscience." — Table Talk. * " The discretion of a judge is the law of tyrants: it is always unknown ; it is different... | |
 | 1845 - 636 Seiten
...chancellor, and as that is larger or narrower, so is equity. It is all one as if they should make the standard for the measure we call a foot, a chancellor's...foot, a third an indifferent foot : it is the same tiling in the chancellor's conscience. " That saying, ' Do as you would be done to,' is often misunderstood... | |
 | Samuel Warren - 1845 - 1174 Seiten
...or narrower, so is Equity. "Tis all one as if they should make the standard for the measure of the Chancellor's foot. What an uncertain measure would...a third an indifferent foot. It is the same thing with the Chancellor's conscience."— Tabk-Talk, Tit. '• Equity." been to make the two systems of... | |
 | 1849 - 336 Seiten
...and as that is larger or narrower, BO is equity. It is all one as if they should make the standard of the measure we call a foot, a Chancellor's foot ;...is the same thing in the Chancellor's conscience." — Selden's Table-Talk. In fact, it was not until near the close of the reign of Charles II. that... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1846 - 704 Seiten
...equity. It is all one as if they should make the standard for the measure we call a foot , a chancellor,s foot., What an uncertain measure would this be? One...a long foot ; another, a short foot ; a third, an indillerent foot : it is the same thing in the chancellor,s conscience." — Table TWA. the answer... | |
 | Europe - 1847 - 202 Seiten
...larger or narrower, so is equity. It is all one, as if they should make the standard for the measure, or call a foot a chancellor's foot : what an uncertain...is the same thing in the chancellor's conscience." But since the times to which Selden refers, principles and precedents have been established in the... | |
 | 1848 - 476 Seiten
...chancellor; and as that is larger or narrower, so is equity. It is all one as if they should make the standard for the measure we call a foot a chancellor's...is the same thing in the chancellor's conscience." This uncertainty has however long ceased in that branch of our law which is expressed by the term Equity,... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1848 - 702 Seiten
...Chancellor, and as that is larger or narrower, so is equity. It is all one as if they should make the standard for the measure we call a foot ' a chancellor's...the same thing in the chancellor's conscience."— Table Talk. INTRODUCTION. the answer is, " Qui consulta patrum, qui leges juraque servat."* There was... | |
 | Richard Stockton Field - 1849 - 336 Seiten
...ruined by a suit in Chancery, which was decreed for him with costs. if they should make the standard of the measure we call a foot, a Chancellor's foot ;...is the same thing in the Chancellor's conscience." — Selden's Table-Talk. In fact, it was not until near the close of the reign of Charles II. that... | |
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Equity is a roguish thing : for law we have a measure, know what to trust to ; equity is according to the conscience of him that is chancellor, and as that is larger or narrower, so is equity. "Tis all one as if they should make the standard for the measure... 
