 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - Great Britain - 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... | |
 | Eduard Fischel - Constitional law - 1853 - 620 pages
...uncertainty of equity in his day : — " Equity is a roguish thing ; for law we have a measure, and know what to trust to, — equity is according to...standard for the measure a chancellor's foot. What an un* Quoerendus Regni tibi Cancellarius communalem legem regni nostri Angliee, Angliee quam gratiam... | |
 | Joseph Story - Equity - 1853 - 890 pages
...of Chancery might then well deserve the spirited rebuke of Selden : " For law we have a measure, and know what to trust to. Equity is according to the...as if they should make the standard for the measure the Chancellor's foot. What an uncertain mea.1 Cicero do Invent. Lib. 2, cap. 22. — My attention... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - Quotations, English - 1853 - 442 pages
...gentleman usher. — Goldsmith. CHANCERY. — Equity is a roguish thing ; for law we have a measure, and know what to trust to : equity is according to the...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... | |
 | Economics - 1853 - 448 pages
...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 - Law - 1854 - 756 pages
...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 the...so is equity. "Tis all one, as if they should make a standard for the measure, the chancellor's foot. What an uncertain measure would this be ! One chancellor... | |
 | New Jersey. Court of Chancery - Equity - 1854 - 960 pages
...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... | |
 | Industries - 1855 - 778 pages
...after 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... | |
 | Simon Greenleaf - Law reports, digests, etc - 1856 - 576 pages
...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...the standard for the measure, a chancellor's foot; 'tis the same thing in the chancellor's conscience." Selden's Table Talk, tit. Equity; 3 Bl. Com. 432... | |
 | Great Britain - 1856 - 600 pages
...of Sheffield, recently departed at the age of eighty-two. — LH Sigourney. INIQUITY OF EQUITY. — Equity is a roguish thing ; for law we have a measure,...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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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... 
