 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...  Table-talk of John Selden - Page 43by John Selden - 1856 - 170 pagesFull view - About this book
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...to the conscience of him thatjs Chancellor ; and as that is 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... | |
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...to the conscience of him who 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 the chancellor's foot. What an uncertain measure this would bo! One chancellor has a long foot, another... | |
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...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...another a short foot, a third an indifferent foot : it is the same thing in the chancellor's conscience. — Selden. HUME'S PHILOSOPHY AND STYLE. THE... | |
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...is larger or narrower, so is Equity. 'Tis all one as if they should make the standard of the measure a Chancellor's foot. What an uncertain measure would...short foot, a third an indifferent foot. 'Tis the same thinf* with the Chancellor's conscience." f It is wonderful wh it strange notion? of Equity hare been... | |
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...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...'tis the same thing in the chancellor's conscience. — Selden. CCLXXIV. It has been observed, that not one favourite of the muses has ever been able to... | |
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...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... | |
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...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, a chancellor's foot; 'tis the same thing in the chancellor's conscience." Selden's Table Talk, tit.... | |
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...should make the standard for the measure a chancellor's foot. What an uncertain measure would this beI One chancellor has a long foot, another a short foot, a third an indifferent foot; 'tis the same thins with the chancellor's conscience." The whole theory, says Poison, of a court of equity may be... | |
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...to the conscience of him that is chancellor, and as that is narrower or larger, 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... | |
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...for the measure that we call a foot — a chancellor's foot. What an uncertain measure, he exclaims, would this be ! One chancellor has a long foot, another a short foot, a third an indifferent foot, &o. It was, he said, the same thing of the chancellor's conscience. Such might have been equity at... | |
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