 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...  Essays, Moral and Entertaining - الصفحة 54بواسطة Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - 1819 - عدد الصفحات: 166عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
 | 1866 - عدد الصفحات: 514
...'thing. Equity is according to the conscience ot him who is ' chancellor, and as that is larger or narrower, so is equity. It is 'all one, as if they...make the standard for the measure we ' call a. foot ' & chancellor's foot.' What an uncertain measure this ' would be. One chancellor has a long foot ;... | |
 | R.C. Lepage - 1866 - عدد الصفحات: 518
...' thing. 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 afoot ' a chancellor's foot.' What an uncertain measure this ' would be. One chancellor has a long... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1866 - عدد الصفحات: 860
...to the conscience of him that is 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 the chancellor's foot. What an uncertain measure would this be ? One chancellor has a long foot ; another... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1874 - عدد الصفحات: 578
...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...uncertain measure would this be? One chancellor has along foot ; another a short foot ; a third, an indifferent foot : it is the same thing in the chancellor's... | |
 | 1920 - عدد الصفحات: 496
...— know what to trust to; equity is according to him that is chancellor, and as that is larger or narrower, so is equity. It is all one as if they should make the standard of the measure we call a foot ; what an uncertain measure this would be. One chancellor has a long... | |
 | sir John Bowring - 1877 - عدد الصفحات: 594
...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 ; what an uncertain measure would this be ! One Chancellor has a long foot, another... | |
 | 1877 - عدد الصفحات: 362
...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 wo call a foot a Chancellor's foot ; what an uncertain meusure would this be ! One Chancellor has a... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1877 - عدد الصفحات: 936
...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 the chancellor's foot. What an uncertain measure would this be? One chancellor has a long foot ; another... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1878 - عدد الصفحات: 896
...according to the conscience of him that is 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 fpot a Chancellor's foot ; what an uncertain measure would this be ? One Chancellor has a long foot,... | |
 | John Joseph Lalor - 1883 - عدد الصفحات: 1076
...trust to; equity is according to the conscience of him that is chancellor; and as that is larger or narrower, so is equity. It is all one as if they should...chancellor has a long foot, another a short foot, :t third an indifferent foot, it is the same thing in the chancellor's conscience." — This uncertainty... | |
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