 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...  Seldeniana, or The table-talk of John Selden - الصفحة 50بواسطة John Selden - 1818عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
 | 1888 - عدد الصفحات: 234
...of a chancellor would justify the criticism of Selden when he said: " For law we have a measure and know what to trust to. Equity is according to the...chancellor; and as that is larger or narrower, so is equity. 'Tis all one as if they should make the standard for the measure the chancellor's foot. What an uncertain... | |
 | Thomas Erskine Holland - 1886 - عدد الصفحات: 402
...occasion to some criticism. ' Equity,' said Selden, 'is a roguish thing. For law we have a measure, we know what to trust to : equity is according to the...Chancellor, and as that is larger or narrower, so is equity. 'Tis all one as if they should make the standard for the measure, a Chancellor's foot. What an uncertain... | |
 | 1916 - عدد الصفحات: 1060
...the well-known statement of Seiden that: 'Equity is a roguish thing. For law we have a measure, and know what to trust to. Equity is according to the...and, as that is larger or narrower, so is equity. 'Tis all one as if they should make his foot the standard of the measure we call a Chancellor's foot.... | |
 | 1915 - عدد الصفحات: 880
...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... | |
 | Thomas Erskine Holland - 1888 - عدد الصفحات: 448
...occasion to some criticism. ' Equity,' said Selden, ' is a roguish thing. For law we have a measure, we know what to trust to: equity is according to the...Chancellor, and as that is larger or narrower, so is equity. "Tis all one as if they should make the standard for the measure, a Chancellor's foot. What an uncertain... | |
 | Anna Lydia Ward - 1889 - عدد الصفحات: 720
...liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. 1374 Thomas Jefferson : Declaration of Independence. EQUITY. Equity is a roguish thing: for law we have a measure,...chancellor, and as that is larger or narrower. so is equity. "f is all one as if they should make the standard for the measure we call a font a chancellor's foot:... | |
 | John Selden - 1890 - عدد الصفحات: 332
...sometimes according to the Rule of Court. 2. Equity is a Roguish thing : for Law we have a mea: sure, know what to trust to ; Equity is according to the...Chancellor, and as that is larger or narrower, so is Equity. 'Tis all one as if they should make the Standard for the measure, we call a Foot, a Chancellor's Foot... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1890 - عدد الصفحات: 642
...equity.) with more pleasantry than truth. " For taw, we have a measure, and know wiiat to trust to: eqwty 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 a chancellor's foot. [See note 73,... | |
 | Frederick Andrew Inderwick - 1891 - عدد الصفحات: 366
...they go according to conscience, sometimes according to law, sometimes according to a rule of court. Equity is a roguish thing ; for law we have a measure...and as that is larger or narrower ; so is Equity. 'Tis all one as if they should make the standard for the measure we call a foot a Chancellor's foot.... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1891 - عدد الصفحات: 1190
...Grim death, my son and foe. — MILTON: Paradise Lost, hook ii. line 804. 0 See Shakespeare, page 09. conscience of him that is Chancellor, and as that is larger or narrower, so is Eqnity. 'T is all one as if they shonld make the standard for the measnre we call a " foot " a Chancellor's... | |
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