 | Jonathan Swift - 1726 - 388 pages
...the Argument from the heavinefs of the Pleading. . IT is a Maxim among thefe Men, That xvha tever has been done before may legally be done again : And therefore...; Care to record all the Decifions formerly made, even thofe which have through Ignorance or Corruption contradicted, the Rules of common Juftice and... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1742 - 386 pages
...lay, rather than injure the Faculty by doing any Thing unbecoming their Nature or their Office. Ic is a Maxim among thefe Lawyers, that whatever hath...general Reafon of Mankind. Thefe, under the Name of Precedent*, they produce as Authorities, to juftify the moft iniquitous Opinions, and the Judges never... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1757 - 416 pages
...but are loud, violent, and tedious, in dwelling upon all iircurnf,ancts which are not to the pur1T is a maxim among thefe lawyers, that whatever hath...decifions formerly made againft common juftice, and the genera! reafon of mankind. Thefe, under the name of precedenti, they produce as authorities to juftify... | |
 | Joseph Towers - 1785 - 164 pages
...remembrance the remarks of Swift. ' It * is a maxim,' fays he, ' among thefe lawyers, thatwhat' ever hath been done before, may legally be done again :...fpecial Care to record all the ' decifions formerly reads againft common juftice, and the ' zeneral IN the reign of queen Anne, the celebrated Daniel Defoe,... | |
 | 512 pages
...of the argument from theheavinefs of the pleading. It is a maxim among thefe men, that whatever has been done before may legally be done again: And therefore...fpecial care to record all the decifions formerly made, even thofe which have through ignorance or corruption contradicted the rules cf common juftice, and... | |
 | 1795 - 432 pages
...injure the faculty by doing any thing unbecoming their nature or their office. It is a maxim among these lawyers, that whatever hath been done before, may legally be done again : and therefore they take special care to record all the decisions formerly made against common justice, and the general reason... | |
 | Joseph Towers - 1796 - 452 pages
...remembrance the remarks of Swift. ' It is a maxim,' fays he, f among thefc * la~wyers, that whatever h^th been done before, may ' legally be done again : and,...formerly ' made againft common juftice, and the general rea* fon of mankind. Thefe, under the name of PRE* CEDENTS, they produce as authorities to juftify.... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 406 pages
...thing unbecoming their nature or their office. It is a maxim among these lawyers, that whatever has been done before, may legally be done again ; and therefore they take special care to record all the decisions formerly made against common justice, and the general reason... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1808 - 524 pages
...thing unbecoming their nature or their office. " It is a maxim among these lawyers, that whatever has been done before, may legally be done again; and therefore they take special care to record all the decisions formerly made against com-1 mon justice, and the general reason... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 512 pages
...thing unbecoming their nature or their office. " It is a maxim among these lawyers, that whatever has been done before may legally be done again ; and therefore they take special care to record all the decisions formerly made against common justice and the general reason... | |
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It is a maxim among these lawyers, that whatever hath been done before, may legally be done again : and therefore they take special care to record all the decisions formerly made against common justice, and the general reason of mankind. These, under... 
