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We should not be too strict in construing instruments or contracts generally drawn up on the spur of the moment.

— Nicholas Conyngham Tindal Newbery v. Armstrong (1829)

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Every Court is the guardian of its own records, and master of its own practice.

Scales v. Cheese (1844)

Judicial decisions in Courts of justice are ranked by Lord Hale as one of the grounds or constituents of the common law.

Balme v. Hutton (1833)

The intention of the testator is the polar star by which we must be guided.

Wilce v. Wilce (1831)

It is between the stirrup and the ground, Brother; but you may amend by replying.

Spincer v. Spincer (1841)

Illegality is not to be presumed; it is to be alleged and proved when it does not appear on the face of the instrument itself.

Lord Howden v. Simpson (1839)

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