 | Great Britain. Court of King's Bench, Charles Durnford - Law reports, digests, etc - 1817 - 888 pages
...estate is the assignment by the commissioners, beyond which the Court are not to look. For he says, " It were infinite «' for the law to judge the causes...the immediate " cause, and judgeth of acts by that, w ithout looking to any farther " degree." And he puts this case : " If an annuity be granted " pro... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 pages
...were also published in 1636 and 1639. t 3 D. Life, p. xxxv. REGCLA I. Injure n/m retaota causa, sed proximo spectatur. It were infinite for the law to...and their impulsions one of another ; therefore it conlenteth itself with the immediate cause, and judgeth of acts by that, without looking to acy further... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1834 - 376 pages
...also published in 1636 and 1639. 3 D. Life, p. xxxv. REGULA I. Injure non remota causa, sed proxima spectatur. It were infinite for the law to judge the...and their impulsions one of another ; therefore it contentelh itself with the immediate cause, and judgeth of acts by that, without looking to any further... | |
 | Sandford Nevile, Sir William Montagu Manning - Law reports, digests, etc - 1834 - 1022 pages
...spectatur. " It were infinite (says Bacon) for the law to consider the causes of causes, and their impulsion one of another; therefore it contenteth itself with...the immediate cause, and judgeth of acts by that, or without looking to any farther degree." Such must be understood to be the mutual intention of the... | |
 | John William Smith - Law reports, digests, etc - 1841 - 744 pages
...estate is the assignment by the commissioners, beyond which the court are not to look. For he says, " It were infinite for the law to judge the causes of...and judgeth of acts by that, without looking to any farther degree." And he puts this case : " If an annuity be granted pro consilio impenso et impendendo,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1841 - 616 pages
...conceits of others. THE MAXIMS OF THE LAW. REGULA I. Injure turn rcmota causa, sed proximo spectator. and then the little physic that I have told me that...must grow to a congelation, and so to a lethargy, close, and judgeth of acts by that, without looking to any further degree. <B.IDT. As if an annuity... | |
 | Herbert Broom - Legal maxims - 1845 - 544 pages
...REMOTA CAUSA SED PROXIMA SPECTATOR. (Bac. Max., reg. 1) — It were infinite for the law to consider the causes of causes, and their impulsions one of...the immediate cause, and judgeth of acts by that, ivithout looking to any further degree (I). Marine in.ur- The above maxim is in practice almost exclusively... | |
 | Francis Hildyard - Insurance law - 1845 - 894 pages
...Bacon, (a) " for the law to judge the causes of causes, and of their impulsions on one another : and, therefore, it contenteth itself with the immediate...cause, and judgeth of acts by that, without looking to farther degree." Such must always be understood to be mutual intention of the parties to the contract... | |
 | Theodore Sedgwick - Damages - 1852 - 722 pages
...is expressed in the maxim Causa proxima, non remota spectatur ; or, in the language of Lord Bacon, " It were infinite for the law to judge the causes of causes, and their impulsion one on another. Therefore, it contenteth itself with the immediate cause, and judgeth of... | |
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IT were infinite for the law to judge the causes of causes, and their impulsions one of another ; therefore, it contenteth itself with the immediate cause, and judgeth of acts by that, without looking to any further degree, e H. 
