 | Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 516 pages
...gray horses, but also red or bay horses would pass likewise, which would be absurd and against reason. And this is another strong argument in law, Nihil,...reason is the life of the law, nay the common law is nothing but reason; which «S to be understood of artificial perfection and reason gotten by long... | |
 | Frederick Ritso - Law - 1815 - 266 pages
...the principles upon which practice is grounded. Lord Coke distinctly and repeatedly tells us, that " the law, nay the common law itself, is nothing else but reason ;" that " it implies that perfection of reason where* unto a man attains by long study, often conference,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1822 - 412 pages
...absurd, and against Reason. gUttt tfji0 10 tlltOtfjCr Strong ilrgummt in ILato, #»**'*, ?«°d erf contra rationem, est licitum ; for Reason is the Life of the Law, nap, tfyt Common Law is nothing but Reason; Ulfttftj i0 tO fit UltOCl*= 0tOOt) Of artificial Perfection... | |
 | Sir Edward Coke, Francis Hargrave - Land tenure - 1823 - 894 pages
...reason." And this is another strong atgument in law, Л'/У//7 quod eat contra rationem est licitiim ; for reason is the life of the law, nay the common law itselfe is nothing else but reason ; which is to be understood of an artificial! perfection of reason,... | |
 | William Hone - 1825 - 842 pages
...Good counsel — 6. Good evidence — 7. A good jury — 8. A good judge — and lastly, good luck." " nd curious works, has reprinted this tract, and says, on the authority of Newcourt's " If a man says of a counsellor of law, Thou art a dajfa-down-dilly, an action lies. So adjudged in Scaccario,... | |
 | William Hone - Calendars - 1868 - 846 pages
...Good counsel — 6. Good evidence — 7. A good jury — 8. A good judge — and lastly, good luck." " Reason is the life of the law, nay, the common law itself is nothing else but reason." If a man says of a counsellor of law, T/uiH art a daffa-Joten-dilly, an action lies. So adjudged in... | |
 | William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1826 - 892 pages
...Good counsel — 6. Good evidence — 7. A good jury — 8. A good judge — and lastly, good luck." " Reason is the life of the law, nay, the common law itself is nothing else but reason." If a man says of a counsellor of law, Thou art a daffa-down-dilly, an action lies. So adjudged in Scaccario,... | |
 | William Hone - 1826 - 882 pages
...Good counsel — 6. Good evidence — 7. A good jury — 8. A good judge — and lastly, good luck." " 2 x 2 If a man says of a counsellor of law, Thou art a duffa-dowit-dilli/, an action lies. So adjudged in... | |
 | William Hone - Days - 1830 - 878 pages
...Good counsel — 6. Good evidence — 7. A good jury — 8. A good judge — and lastly, good luck." " Reason is the life of the law, nay, the common law itself is nothing else but reason." If a man says of a counsellor of law, Thou art a dajfa-dmi'ii-ililly. an action lies. So adjudged in... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - Theology - 1833 - 892 pages
...an established maxim of the law. " Nothing which is against reason is law," says Sir Edward Coke, " for reason is the life of the law, nay, the common law itself is nothing but reason, which is to be understood of an artificial perfection of reason, gotten by long study,... | |
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... reason is the life of the law, nay the common law itself is nothing else but reason; which is to be understood of an artificial perfection of reason, gotten by long study, observation, and experience, and not of every man's natural reason ; for, Nemo... 
