 | Joseph Story - 1853 - Страниц: 890
...Mitford, Plead. Eq. p. 4, note (b). See Heineccius De Edictis Praetorum, Lib. 1, cap. 6, § 13, 30. sure would this be ? One Chancellor has a long foot ; another...a third an indifferent foot. It is the same thing with the Chancellor's conscience." ' And notions of this sort were, in former ages, when the Chancery... | |
 | Eduard Fischel - 1853 - Страниц: 620
...Eunomu', 3rd. Dial., 565, custodem sigilh nostri privati. edit., 1822. || Pauli iii., 664. certain measure would this be ! One chancellor has a long...foot, a third an indifferent foot. It is the same with the chancellor's conscience." On the other hand, Lord Redesdale contends that the equity courts... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - 1853 - Страниц: 442
...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 foot, a third an indifferent foot ; 'tis the same thing in the chancellor's conscience. — Sclden. CHANGES. — If a great change is... | |
 | John Bouvier - 1854 - Страниц: 756
...larger or narrower, so is equity. "Tis all one, as if they should make a standard for the measure, the chancellor's foot. What an uncertain measure would...a third, an indifferent foot. It is the same thing with the chancellor's conscience, "(b) In modern times, however, courts of equity have no more discretionary... | |
 | New Jersey. Court of Chancery - 1854 - Страниц: 960
...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 this be ? One Chancellor has a long foot—another a short foot—a third, an indifferent foot. It is the same thing with the Chancellor's... | |
 | 1855 - Страниц: 778
...should make the standard for the measure the chancellor's foot. What an uncertain measure this would bo! One chancellor has a long foot, another a short foot,...a third an indifferent foot. It is the same thing with the chancellor's conscience." ing all the books upon the subject, will find a confusion of ideas... | |
 | 1856 - Страниц: 600
...chancellor, and as that is larger or 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...thing in the chancellor's conscience. — Selden. HUME'S PHILOSOPHY AND STYLE. THE chief element of Hume's mental power was its scepticism. From this... | |
 | John Selden - 1856 - Страниц: 324
...Chancellor, and as that is larger or narrower, so is Equity. "Pis all one as if they should make the Standard for the measure, we call a Foot, a Chancellor's...another a short Foot, a Third an indifferent Foot: 'Tis the same thing in the Chancellor's Conscience. 3. That saying, " Do as you would be done to,"... | |
 | Peter Oliver - 1856 - Страниц: 528
...of the chancellor, and the conscience of the chancellor is as uncertain as the length of his foot. One chancellor has a long foot, another a short foot, a third an indifferent foot ; it is the same with their consciences. This quaint old sarcasm of a common lawyer might have been used with admirable... | |
 | 1856 - Страниц: 374
...foot 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 foot, a third an indifferent foot : 'tis the same thing in the chancellor's conscience. — Selden. CCLXXIV. It has been observed, that... | |
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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... 
