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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,... "
Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the Close of ... - Page 370
by George Burnett - 1807
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Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 20

1849 - 708 pages
...Seiden : " For law we have a measure, and 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. Tie all one, as if they should make the standard for the measure the Chancellor's foot. What an uncertain...
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1849 - 492 pages
...thing ; for law we have a measure, and 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. It is all one as if they should make the standard for the measure we call a foot, of the chancellor's...
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The Provincial Courts of New Jersey: With Sketches of the Bench and Bar : a ...

Richard Stockton Field - 1849 - 336 pages
...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, DO if equity. It is all one as if they should make the standard of the measure we call a foot, a Chancellor's...
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The Irish Quarterly Review, Volume 6, Part 1

1856 - 706 pages
...For law we have •••• 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. "Pis all one as if they should make the standard of the measure a Chancellor's foot. What an uncertain...
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The Lives of the Lords Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England ...

John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1851 - 538 pages
...to the conscience of him who ig 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.' What an uncertain measure would this be ? One chancellor has...
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The Lives of the Lords Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England ...

John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1851 - 534 pages
...Equity is a roauish thir^g : 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.'...
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The English Constitution

Eduard Fischel - 1853 - 620 pages
...thing ; for law we have a measure, and know what to trust to, — equity is according to the conscience of him that is chancellor, and as that is larger or...standard for the measure a chancellor's foot. What an un* Quoerendus Regni tibi Cancellarius communalem legem regni nostri Angliee, Angliee quam gratiam...
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The World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best Authors

Tryon Edwards - 1853 - 442 pages
...thing ; for law we have a measure, and know what to trust to : equity is according to the conscience of him that is chancellor, and as that is larger or...so is equity. 'Tis all one as if they should make his foot the standard for the measure, we call a chancellor's foot — what an uncertain measure this...
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Commentaries on Equity Jurisprudence: As Administered in England ..., Volume 1

Joseph Story - 1853 - 890 pages
...Mitford, Plead. Eq. p. 4, note (b). See Heineccius De Edictis Praetorum, Lib. 1, cap. 6, § 13, 30. sure would this be ? One Chancellor has a long foot ; another a short foot ; a third an indifferent foot. It is the same thing with the Chancellor's conscience." ' And notions of this sort were, in former...
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The Standard Library Cyclopaedia of Political, Constitutional ..., Volume 2

1853 - 448 pages
...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. It is all one as if they should make the standard for the measure we call a foot a chancellor's foot;...
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