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Every man that is injured ought to have his recompence.
Ashby v. White (1703)
Where a man has but one remedy to come at his right, if he loses that he loses his right.
Ashby v. White (1703)
It is a vain thing to imagine a right without a remedy; for want of right and want of remedy are reciprocal.
Ashby v. White (1703)
Let all people come in, and vote fairly; it is to support one or the other party, to deny any man's vote.
Ashby v. White (1703)
If it be a matter within our jurisdiction, we are bound by our oaths to judge of it.
Ashby v. White (1703)
If public officers will infringe men's rights, they ought to pay greater damages than other men, to deter and hinder other officers from the like offences.
Ashby v. White (1703)
Actual perceptible damage is not indispensable as the foundation of an action; it is sufficient to show the violation of a right, in which case the law will presume damage.
Ashby v. White (1703)
I agree we ought not to incroach or inlarge our jurisdiction; by so doing we usurp both on the right of the Queen and the people.
Ashby v. White (1703)
We must not be frighted when a matter of property comes before us by saying it belongs to the Parliament; we must exert the Queen's jurisdiction.
Ashby v. White (1703)
It would look very strange, when the Commons of England are so fond of their right of sending representatives to Parliament, that it should be in the power of a sheriff, or other officer, to deprive them of that right, and yet that they should have no remedy; it is a thing to be admired at by all mankind.
Ashby v. White (1703)