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Apprentices and servants are characters perfectly distinct: the one receives instruction, the other a stipulated price for his labour. (Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon)
Concessions made for the purpose of settling the business for which the action is brought, cannot be given in evidence; but facts admitted I have always received. View quote
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The learned counsel has very properly avoided all political discussions unconnected with the subject, and I shall follow his example. Courts of justice have nothing to do with them. View quote
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What a man does in his closet ought not to affect the rights of third persons. View quote
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The character of the Judges is public property, and if they have done anything amiss, they ought to be censured. But if not, their characters ought to be respected; otherwise the most mischievous consequences will arise to the public. View quote
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We must not, by any whimsical conceits supposed to be adapted to the altering fashions of the times, overturn the established law of the land: it descended to us as a sacred charge, and it is our duty to preserve it. View quote
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Sitting in a Court of law, I can receive no evidence but what comes under the sanction of an oath. View quote
Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon
Two universities have been founded in this country, amply endowed and furnished with professors in the different sciences; and I should be sorry that those who have been educated at either of them should undervalue the benefits of such an education. View quote
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With regard to the construction of statutes according to the intention of the legislature, we must remember that there is an essential difference between the expounding of modern and ancient Acts of Parliament. In early times the legislature used (and I believe it was a wise course to take) to pass laws in general and in few terms; they were left to the Courts of law to be construed so as to reach all the cases within the mischief to be remedied. But in modern times great care has been taken to mention the particular cases in the contemplation of the legislature, and therefore the Courts are not permitted to take the same liberty in construing them as they did in expounding the ancient statutes. View quote
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Some modern cases have in my opinion gone too far. View quote
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The discussion which was made by Luther, Melancthon, and the other persons who preceded the Reformation, opened the eyes or the public; and they got rid of the delusions which had been spread by the Pope of Rome, and emancipated mankind from the spiritual tyranny they were under, and brought about the establishment of that religion which we now enjoy in this country. (Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon)
It is of infinite importance to the public that the acts of magistrates should not only be substantially good, but also that they should be decorous. View quote
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The family consists of those who live under the same roof with the pater familias; those who form (if I may use the expression) his fire-side. View quote
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There are many situations in life, and particularly in the commercial world, where a man cannot by any diligence inform himself of the degree of credit which ought to be given to the persons with whom he deals; in which cases he must apply to those whose sources of intelligence enable them to give that information. The law of prudence leads him to apply to them, and the law of morality ought to induce them to give the information required. View quote
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It is impossible for the Court to foresee when a sentence begins how it will end, and, sometimes, mischief is done before we are sure that the sentence will conclude in an offensive manner. View quote
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The liberty of the press is dear to England; the licentiousness of the press is odious to England: the liberty of it can never be so well protected as by beating down the licentiousness. View quote
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The legislature have anxiously provided for those most useful and deserving body of men, the seamen and marines of this country. View quote
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He had no right to take the law into his own hands. View quote
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It is a maxim in our law that a plaintiff must shew that he stands on a fair ground when he calls on a Court of justice to administer relief to him. View quote
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The practice of the Court forms the law of the Court. View quote
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A plaintiff who comes into a Court of justice must show that he is in a condition to maintain his action. (Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon)
The use of cases is to establish principles; if the cases decide different from the principles, I must follow the principles, not the decisions. View quote
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It is necessary for Courts of Justice to hold a strict hand over summary proceedings before magistrates, and I never will agree to relax any of the rules by which they have been bound. Their jurisdiction is of a limited nature, and they must shew that the party was brought within it. View quote
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If an infant commit an assault, or utter slander, God forbid that he should not be answerable for it in a Court of justice. View quote
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I take it that the judgment is an essential point in every conviction, let the punishment be fixed or not. View quote
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