 | 1853 - 448 páginas
...law,someJimes 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 Bouvier - 1854 - 756 páginas
...strongly marked ; it was perhaps true what Selden said of them : " For law we have a measure," he says, " and know what to trust to ; equity is according to...; and as that is larger or narrower, so is equity. "Tis all one, as if they should make a standard for the measure, the chancellor's foot. What an uncertain... | |
 | New Jersey. Court of Chancery - 1854 - 960 páginas
...principles or rules. If this were so, the rebuke of Selden would be as true as it is facetious : " For law we have a measure and know what to trust to. Equity is according to the conscience of him thatjs Chancellor ; and as that is larger, or narrower, so is equity. 'Tis all one, as if they should... | |
 | 1855 - 778 páginas
...examin' This drew forth the well known reproof of Mr. Selden : " For law we have a measure, and we know what to trust to ; equity is according to the conscience of him who is chancellor ; and as that is larger or narrower, so is equity. 'Tis all one as if they should... | |
 | 1856 - 374 páginas
...think he still has found The warinest welcome at an inn. Shemtone. CCLXXIIL Equity is a roguish thing ; for law we have a measure, and know what to trust...chancellor, and as that is larger or narrower, so is equity. Tis all one as if they should make his foot the standard for the measure, we call a chancellor's foot,... | |
 | Simon Greenleaf - 1856 - 576 páginas
...Woodmerton v. Walker, 2 Russ. & M. 197. " 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. "Tis all one as if they should make the standard for the measure, a chancellor's foot; 'tis the same... | |
 | 1856 - 600 páginas
...— LH Sigourney. INIQUITY OF EQUITY. — Equity 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. It is all one as if they should make the standard for the measure we call a foot, a chancellor's foot.... | |
 | 1856 - 764 páginas
...which this law deprives the citizen accused of a criminal offence. Selden complained that "equity ia according to the conscience of him that is chancellor, and as that is longer or narrower, so is equity. "Tis all one as if they should make the standard for the measure... | |
 | John Bate (mechanician.) - 1857 - 118 páginas
...abroad at dawn of day, Who breathe the early bracing morn While yet the dew is on the thorn. Equity. "For law we have a measure, and know what to trust...conscience of him that is chancellor, and as that is narrower or larger, so is equity. 'Tis all one, as if they should make the standard for the measure... | |
 | 1857 - 346 páginas
...equity. " Equity," saya Seiden (in Table-Talk), " is a roguish l hin'|.. 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. 'Tie all one, as if tney should make the standard for the measure a chancellor's foot. What an uncertain... | |
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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... 
