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" Equity is a roguish thing : for law we have a measure, know what to trust to ; equity is according to the conscience of him that is chancellor, and as that is larger or narrower, so is equity. "Tis all one as if they should make the standard for the measure... "
The Works of the Honourable James Wilson, L. L. D.: Late One of the ... - Page 265
by James Wilson - 1804
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Commentaries on Equity Jurisprudence, as Administered in England ..., Volume 1

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,...
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Calcutta Review, Volume 43

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...
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The Calcutta Review Volume XLIII

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...
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Familiar Quotations: Being an Attempt to Trace to Their Source : Passages ...

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...
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A Treasury of Table Talk

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....
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Familiar Quotations: Being an Attempt to Trace to Their Source Passages and ...

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...
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The Central Law Journal, Volume 90

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,...
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Familiar Quotations ...

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...
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The Great Land Question: Being a Verbatim Transcript of the Correspondence ...

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...
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Laconics; or, Good words of the best authors. Collated by W. Tegg

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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