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
| William Blackstone - 1890 - عدد الصفحات: 640
...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, page 607. ] What an uncertain measure wouM this bo l One chancellor... | |
| Frederick Andrew Inderwick - 1891 - عدد الصفحات: 366
...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...foot a Chancellor's foot. What an uncertain measure this would be ! One chancellor has a long foot, another a short foot, a third an indifferent foot.... | |
| John Selden - 1892 - عدد الصفحات: 368
...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 we call a foot, a chancellor's foot 1 . What an uncertain measure would this be. One chancellor has a long foot, another a short foot,... | |
| John Selden - 1892 - عدد الصفحات: 634
...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 we call a foot, a chancellor's foot1. What an uncertain measure would this be. One chancellor has a long foot, another a short foot,... | |
| Maturin Murray Ballou - 1894 - عدد الصفحات: 604
...cellor, and as that is larger or narrower, so is the poor peasant as the mighty prince. — Plato, equity. It is all one as if they should make the standard for the measure we call n foot a chanAs soon the dust of a wretch whom thou eel lor's foot. What an uncertain measure would... | |
| James Wilson - 1895 - عدد الصفحات: 642
...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 make the standard of measure a chancellor's foot. What an uncertain measure would this be ! One chancellor has a long... | |
| 1895 - عدد الصفحات: 1052
...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... | |
| 1895 - عدد الصفحات: 1108
...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 lias a long foot, another a short foot, a third an indifferent foot. It is the same thing with the... | |
| James Paterson - 1896 - عدد الصفحات: 808
...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...an uncertain measure would this be ! One Chancellor hasti long foot; another a short foot; a third, an indifferent foot. It is the same thing in the Chancellor's... | |
| State Bar Association of Wisconsin - 1900 - عدد الصفحات: 430
...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... | |
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