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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... "
Reports of Cases Determined in the Court of Chancery, and in the Prerogative ... - Page 894
by New Jersey. Court of Chancery - 1854
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Table Talk: Being the Discourses of John Selden

John Selden - Table-talk - 1689 - 196 pages
...Equity 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...as if they should make the Standard for the measure we call a Foot, a Chancellor's Foot ; what an uncertain Measure would be this. One Chancellor has a...
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Table Talk: Being the Discourses

John Selden - Early printed books - 1786 - 190 pages
...to the conscience of him that is 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, a chancellor's foot ; what an uncertain measure this be ? One chancellor hns a long •foot,, another...
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The Works of the Honourable James Wilson, L. L. D.: Late One of ..., Volume 2

James Wilson - Law - 1804 - 514 pages
...is larger or narrower, so is equity. It is all one as if they should make the standard of measure a 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. 'Tis the same thing in the chancellor's...
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the ..., Volume 2

George Burnett - Authors, English - 1807 - 970 pages
...we have a measure, we know what to trust to; equity iť according to the conspience of him that is chancellor, and as that is larger or narrower, so...if they should make the standard for the measure, a chancellor's foot. What an uncertain measure would this be! One chancellor has a long foot, another...
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the Close of ...

George Burnett - Authors, English - 1807 - 528 pages
...law we have a measure, we know what to trust to; equity is according to the conscience of him that is chancellor, and as that is larger or narrower, so...if they should make the standard for the measure, a chancellor's foot. AVhat an uncertain measure would this be! One chancellor has a long foot, another...
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Specimens of English prose-writers, from the earliest times to the ..., Volume 2

George Burnett - 1807 - 528 pages
...law we have a measure, we know what to trust to; equity is according to the conscience of him that is chancellor, and as that is larger or narrower, so...if they should make the standard for the measure, a chancellor's foot. What an uncertain measure would this be! One chancellor has a long foot, another...
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the Close of ...

George Burnett - Authors, English - 1813 - 550 pages
...larger or narrower, so is equity. Tis all one, as if they should make the standard for the measure, a 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; Tis the same thing in the chancellor's conscience....
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Journal of a tour and residence in Great Britain, during ... 1810 and 1811 ...

Louis Simond - 1815 - 442 pages
...larger or narrower, so is equi'ty. It is all one as if they should make the standard for measure a 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 : 'tis the same thing in the chancellor's conscience...
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Seldeniana, or The table-talk of John Selden

John Selden - 1818 - 230 pages
...to the conscience of him that is 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 foot, what an uncertain measure would this be ? One chancellor has a...
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The Table Talk of John Selden

John Selden - Religion and state - 1818 - 678 pages
...to the conscience of him that is 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 foot, what an uncertain measure would this be ? One chancellor has a...
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