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No man can come into a British Court of justice to seek the assistance of the law who founds his claim upon a contravention of the British laws.

— Richard Pepper Arden, 1st Baron Alvanley Morck v. Abel (1802)

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It is true that Courts of equity, in administering justice, sometimes go further than the Courts of law.

Houghton v. Matthews (1803)

When Courts adopt a fiction they must necessarily support it.

Gray v. Sidneff (1803)

Inconvenience arising from the operation of an Act of Parliament can be no ground of argument in a Court of law.

Grigby v. Oakes (1801)

Amendments ought not to be made, except in cases where the alteration is of such a nature as that no one can be misled by it.

Ex parte Motley et uxor (1801)

In matters where a company is not restrained by Parliament they have a right to make reasonable regulations; but it will always be a question whether their regulations are reasonable or not.

Eagleton v. East India Co (1802)

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