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An enactment for the favour and liberty of the subject ought to have a liberal construction.

— William Henry Maule Johnson v. Harris (1854)

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Fictions of law must be consistent with justice.

Whitaker v. Wisbey (1852)

"As the crow flies"—a popular and picturesque expression to denote a straight line.

Stokes v. Grissell (1854)

Nominal damages are in effect, only a peg to hang costs on.

Beaumont v. Greathead (1846)

After a hard frost a man might wake in the morning and find he was breaking a covenant.

Stokes v. Grissell (1854)

There is no presumption in this country that every person knows the law: it would be contrary to common sense and reason if it were so.

Martindale v. Falkner (1846)

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