 | Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 lapas
...Compare Raleigh. Page 14. JOHN SELDEN. 1584-1654. Equity is a roguish thing : for Law we have a measure, know what to trust to ; Equity is according to the...Chancellor, and as that is larger or narrower, so is Equity. 'T is all one as if they should make the standard for the measure we call a Foot a Chancellpr's Foot... | |
 | John Joseph Lalor - 1883 - 1076 lapas
...law, sometimes according to the rule of court. Equity is a roguish thing : for law we have a measure, know what to trust to; equity is according to the...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,... | |
 | John Ogilvie - 1883 - 714 lapas
...division in the first instance. Equity is a roguish thing; for law, we have a measure, know wli.it to trust to: equity is according to the conscience...and, as that is larger or narrower, so is equity. Selden. —Equity of a statute, the construction of a statute in accordance with its reason and spirit,... | |
 | John Ogilvie - 1883 - 834 lapas
...length, a gallon a measure of capacity, a square foot a measure of area. For law we hare a measure, know what to trust to ; equity is according to the conscience of him that is Chancellor; and ax that is larger or narrower, so is equity. Stkttn. 4. The instrument by which extent or capacity... | |
 | Richard Hallilay - 1884 - 678 lapas
...all matters within the jurisdiction of the court, under 44 & 45 Viet. c. 41. Q.—Selden hath said, " For law we have a measure and know what to trust to....and, as that is larger or narrower, so is equity." Was this an accurate description of equity as administered in our courts ? State the grounds of your... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1884 - 724 lapas
...with mora pleasantry than truth. " For law wo have a measure, and know what to trust to: equity и according to the conscience of him that is chancellor; and as that is larcer or narrower, so It equity. 'Tis all one as if they sliouM make the standard for the meisnre... | |
 | National cyclopaedia - 1884 - 626 lapas
...Equity is a roguish thing ; for law we have a measure. Equity is according to the conscience of him who is 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."... | |
 | 1916 - 1060 lapas
...led to the condition depicted by the well-known statement of Seiden that: 'Equity is a roguish thing. For law we have a measure, and know what to trust...so is equity. 'Tis all one as if they should make his foot the standard of the measure we call a Chancellor's foot. What an uncertain measure would this... | |
 | 1915 - 880 lapas
...and compelled him to show facts amounting to a deceit. must have varied greatly with each chancellor. "Equity is according to the conscience of him that...chancellor, and as that is larger or narrower so is equity." * Many carefully collected precedents brought to light by Professor Barbour demonstrate this; as well... | |
 | Anna Lydia Ward - 1889 - 724 lapas
...Jefferson : Declaration of Independence. EQUITY. Equity is a roguish thing: for law we have a measure, know what to trust to; equity is according; to the...or narrower, so is equity. 'Tis all one as if they shouM make the standard for the measure we call a foot a chancellor's foot: what an uncertain measure... | |
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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. 
