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It would look very strange, when the Commons of England are so fond of their right of sending representatives to Parliament, that it should be in the power of a sheriff, or other officer, to deprive them of that right, and yet that they should have no remedy; it is a thing to be admired at by all mankind.

— John Holt Ashby v. White (1703)

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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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