| Joseph Story - Equity - 1866 - 860 pages
...larger, or narrower, so is equity. 'T is all one as if they should make the standard for the measure the chancellor's foot. What an uncertain measure would...another a short foot ; a third an indifferent foot. It is the same thing with the chancellor's conscience."2 And notions of this sort were, in former ages,... | |
| India - 1866 - 514 pages
...standard for the measure we ' call a. foot ' & chancellor's foot.' What an uncertain measure this ' would be. One chancellor has a long foot ; another a short foot ; ' a third an indifferent foot ; it is the same thing in the chancellors' ' conscience' (Table Talk.) Such was equity in the days... | |
| R.C. Lepage - 1866 - 518 pages
...standard for the measure we ' call afoot ' a chancellor's foot.' What an uncertain measure this ' would be. One chancellor has a long foot; another a short foot; ' a third an indifferent foot; it is the same thing in the chancellors' (Table Talk.) Such was equity in the days of Selden, and such... | |
| John Bartlett - Quotations - 1868 - 828 pages
...narrower, so is equity. 'T is all one as if they should make the standard for the measure we call a foot a Chancellor's foot ; what an uncertain measure would...another a short foot, a third an indifferent foot. 'T is the same in the Chancellor's conscience. Table Talk. Equity. Old friends are best. King James... | |
| Treasury - 1868 - 148 pages
...the standard for the measure, we call a chancellor's foot — what an uncertain measure this would be ! One chancellor has a long foot, another a short...'tis the same thing in the chancellor's conscience. Seldcn. RUINED BY GOOD FORTUNE. " The fact is, I was ruined by having money left me," said the cobbler.... | |
| John Bartlett - Quotations - 1874 - 798 pages
...narrower, so is equity. 'T is all one as if they should make the standard for the measure we call a foot a Chancellor's foot ; what an uncertain measure would...another a short foot, a third an indifferent foot. 'T is the same in the Chancellor's conscience. Table Talh. Equity. Old friends are best. King James... | |
| Law - 1920 - 496 pages
...they should make the standard of the measure we call a foot ; what an uncertain measure this would be. One chancellor has a long foot, another a short foot, a third an indifferent foot; it is the same thing in the chancellor's conscience."8 One of the early resolves of the Little Parliament,... | |
| John Bartlett - Quotations - 1875 - 890 pages
...narrower, so is equity. T is all one as if they should make the standard for the measure we call a foot a Chancellor's foot ; what an uncertain measure would...another a short foot, a third an indifferent foot. T is the same in the Chancellor's conscience. Table Talk. Equity. Old friends are best. King James... | |
| Christopher Cavanagh - Conveyancing - 1875 - 240 pages
...creed. It was said by Selden the chancery conscience varies with the size of the chancellor's foot. " One chancellor has a long foot, another a short foot, a third an indifferent foot. 'Tis the same in the chancellor's conscience" (Table Talk). Well that was bad enough ; but it is ten times worse... | |
| William Tegg - 1876 - 146 pages
...chancellor's foot, what an uncertain measure this would be ! Ono chancellor has a long foot, another a shert foot, a third an indifferent foot : 'tis the same thing in the chancellor's conscience. — Sclden. ERRORS. Errors are of three sorts : some are against the foundation of saving truth, some... | |
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