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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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Carleton's Hand-book of Popular Quotations

Quotations, English - 1877 - 362 pages
...should make the standard for the measure wo call a foot a Chancellor's foot ; what an uncertain meusure would this be ! One Chancellor has a long foot, another a short foot, a third an indifferent foot. 'Tie the same in the Chancellor's conscience. — SEL DKN, Tahle Tall.-. Equivocation. — How absolute...
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Granite State Monthly, Volume 1

1878 - 410 pages
...narrower, so is equity. 'Tis 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...short foot, a third an indifferent foot. 'Tis the same in the Chancellor's conscience." Of course it was a necessary and inevitable corollary of such views...
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The Granite Monthly: A New Hampshire Magazine Devoted to History ..., Volume 1

Henry Harrison Metcalf, John Norris McClintock - New Hampshire - 1878 - 402 pages
...narrower, so is equity. "Tis 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...short foot, a third an indifferent foot. "Tis the same in the Chancellor's conscience." Of course it was a necessary and inevitable corollary of such views...
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Carleton's Hand-book of Popular Quotations: A Book of Ready Reference for ...

G.W. Carleton & Co - Quotations, English - 1878 - 360 pages
...narrower, so is equity. 'Tis 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...short foot, a third an indifferent foot. 'Tis the same in the Chancellor's conscience. — SELDEN, Table Talk. Equivocation — How absolute the knave is...
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Curiosities of Law and Lawyers

James Paterson - Law - 1882 - 546 pages
...narrower, so is equity. It 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. It is the same thing in the Chancellor's conscience." — Seld. Table Talk. ST. SWITHIN AS LORD CHANCELLOR....
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Familiar quotations [compiled] by J. Bartlett. Author's ed

Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 pages
...Equity. 'T is all one as if they should make the standard for the measure we call a Foot a Chancellpr's Foot ; what an uncertain measure would this be ? One...another a short Foot, a third an indifferent Foot. 'T is the same thing in the Chancellor's conscience. Table Talk. Equity. Old friends are best. King...
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The Dictionary of English History

Sir Sidney Low, Frederick Sanders Pulling - Great Britain - 1884 - 1254 pages
....... 'Tis all one as if wo should make the standard for the measure of a foot the Chancellor's foot. One Chancellor has a long foot ; another, a short foot ; a third, an indifferent foot." The Tudor Chanci-llors certainly seem to have deferred to the personal leaning« of the sovereign....
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The Dictionary of English History

Sidney James Mark Low, Frederick Sanders Pulling - Great Britain - 1884 - 1136 pages
....... 'Tis all one as if we should make the standard for the measure of a foot the Chancellor's foot. One Chancellor has a long foot : another, a short foot ; a third, an indifferent foot." The Tudor Chancellors certainly seem to have deferred to the personal leanings of the sovereign. But...
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The Dictionary of English History

Sir Sidney Low, Frederick Sanders Pulling - Great Britain - 1884 - 1150 pages
....... 'Tie all one as if we thould make the standard for the measure of » foot the Chancellor's foot. One Chancellor has a long foot ; another, a short foot ; a third, яп indifferent foot." The Tudor ChanOellors certainly seem to have deferred to the personal leanings...
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Montgomery County Law Reporter: Containing Chiefly Reports of ..., Volume 3

Freeland Gotwalts Hobson, John Weiler Bickel, Abraham Hunsicker Hendricks, Albert Rosenberger Place - Law reports, digests, etc - 1888 - 234 pages
...larger or narrower, so is equity. 'Tis 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 a chancellor's conscience." 3 Bl. Com., 432 — note. Chandler vs. Bennett....
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