No man can come into a British Court of justice to seek the assistance of the law who founds his claim upon a contravention of the British laws. (Richard Arden, 1st Baron Alvanley)

No man can come into a British Court of justice to seek the assistance of the law who founds his claim upon a contravention of the British laws.

Richard Arden, 1st Baron Alvanley

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