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Words used in the course of legal or judicial proceedings, however hard they might bear on the party of whom they were used, were not such as would support an action for slander.

— John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon

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I always thought it better to allow myself to doubt before I decided, than to expose myself to the misery, after I had decided, of doubting whether I had decided rightly and justly.

It is better that the law should be certain than that every judge should speculate upon improvements in it.

Where a person interposes his interest and good offices to procure a pardon, it ought to be done gratuitously and not for money.

Your lordships must look hardships in the face rather than break down the rules of law.

Where there is a decision precisely in point, it is better to follow it.

Townley v. Bedwell (1808)

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