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

— John Holt Parkyn's Case (1696)

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

Horn v. Lewins (1698)

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)

I do not pretend to dispense equity at large, but only by the consent of the parties, upon a rule of Court.

Anonymous (1699)

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