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Some modern cases have in my opinion gone too far.
Walford v. Duchess de Pienne (1797)
Proceedings at law are sufficiently expensive.
Marriott v. Hampton (1797)
A Court of equity knows its own province.
The learned counsel has very properly avoided all political discussions unconnected with the subject, and I shall follow his example. Courts of justice have nothing to do with them.
Trial of John Vint and others (1799)
The interest of the public is never better advanced than when we can inculcate by our rules the advantage of acting honestly.
Cuming v. Sharland (1801)
Whatever might have been my opinion, had this been a new case, I must hold myself bound by decided cases.
Cross v. Glode (1797)
Those regulations that are adapted to the common race of men are the best.
King v. The College of Physicians (1797)
Many people there are in this kingdom who never see a Gazette to the day of their deaths, and very mischievous would be the consequences if they were bound by a notice inserted in it.
Graham v. Hope (1794)
It is necessary to the administration of justice that every person who is accused of a crime should have an opportunity of being heard in his defence against the charge of which he is accused.
The King v. Justices of Surrey (1794)
We ought not to decide hastily against the words of an Act of Parliament.
King v. Justices of Flintshire (1797)
I will not suffer any impertinent interposition in causes, in those who are no parties in the cause.
In questions of difficulty and nicety, Lord Coke says that arguments ab inconvenienti ought to have great weight.
To enter into the hearts of men belongs to him who can explore the human heart.
Eaton's Case (1793)
It is sometimes difficult to get rid of first impressions.
Withnell v. Gartham (1795)
It is of infinite importance to the public that the acts of magistrates should not only be substantially good, but also that they should be decorous.
The King v. Sainsbury (1791)
It is a rule that those who come into a Court of justice to seek redress, must come with clean hands, and must disclose a transaction warranted by law.
Petrie v. Hannay (1789)
Modus in rebus—there must be an end of things.
Proceedings against the Dean of St. Asaph (1783)
Concessions made for the purpose of settling the business for which the action is brought, cannot be given in evidence; but facts admitted I have always received.
Turner v. Railton (1796)
It is of great importance that the laws by which the contracts of so numerous and so useful a body of men as the sailors are supposed to be guided, should not be overturned.
Cutter v. Powell (1795)
I should be extremely sorry to find that in a fictitious proceeding, instituted for the more easy attaining of justice, different rules were to obtain in the different Courts.
Goodright v. Rich (1797)