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A man may be reputed an able man this year, and yet be a beggar the next; it is a misfortune that happens to many men, and his former reputation will signify nothing.

— John Holt Reg. v. Swendsen (1702)

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To excuse himself from damage, must say, was ready always and at all times.

Horn v. Lewins (1698)

No counsel in the world that understand themselves, can argue anything against what has been often settled and always practised.

Parkyn's Case (1696)

Shall we indict one man for making a fool of another?

Reg. v. Jones (1703)

It is abominable to convict a man behind his back.

The Queen v. Dyer (1703)

An universal custom is a law, and I know no distinction between lex mercatoria and consuetudo mercaborum.

Cramlington v. Evans (1680)

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