 Ignorance of the law excuses no man ; not that all men know the law, but because 'tis an excuse every man will plead, and no man can tell how to confute him.  Table-talk of John Selden - Page 76by John Selden - 1856 - 170 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Maturin Murray Ballou - Quotations, English - 1894 - 604 pages
...the earth. — <Sir Thomas Browne. Litigious terms, fat contentions, and flowing fees. — Milton. Ignorance of the law excuses no man ; not that all men know the law, but because it is an excuse every man will plead, and no man can tell how to confute him. — Selden. Law should... | |
 | English literature - 1901 - 436 pages
...will bring me to a trial, and have me punished for this you lay to my charge, prove it against me.» Ignorance of the law excuses no man ; not that all...will plead and no man can tell how to confute him. The King of Spain was outlawed in Westminster Hall, I being of council against him. A merchant had... | |
 | Oliver Herbrand Gordon Leigh - English literature - 1901 - 432 pages
...will bring me to a trial, and have me punished for this you lay to my charge, prove it against me.» Ignorance of the law excuses no man; not that all...will plead and no man can tell how to confute him. The King of Spain was outlawed in Westminster Hall, I being of council against him. A merchant had... | |
 | Quotations - 1903 - 1186 pages
...ibid. Commonly we say a judgment falls upon a man for something in him we cannot abide. Judgments. Ignorance of the law excuses no man; not that all men know the law, but becanse 't is an excuse every man will plead, and no man can tell how to refute him. Law. No man is... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1903 - 1186 pages
...ibid. Commonly we say a judgment falls upon a man for something in him we cannot abide. Judgments. Ignorance of the law excuses no man ; not that all men know the law, but because 't is an excuse every man will plead, and no man can tell how to refute him. Law. Xo man is the wiser... | |
 | Frederick Pollock - Law - 1906 - 494 pages
...Talk (Temple Classics, p. 72) explains the policy of the rule a little differently, saying : — ' Ignorance of the law excuses no man ; not that all...will plead, and no man can tell how to confute him. " ' ' [1905] 1 KB 253. But here a very important and obvious distinction is to bo noticed. Judges in... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations, English - 1906 - 1198 pages
...jtid. Commonly we say a judgment falls upon a man for something in him we cannot abide. Judgment». Ignorance of the law excuses no man ; not that all...excuse every man will plead, and no man can tell how to refute him. Law. No man is the wiser for his learning. Learning. Wit and wisdom are born with a man.... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - Quotations, English - 1908 - 788 pages
...liberty ; they define every man's rights, and defend the individual liberties of all men. — JO Holland. ts a man is born, so be be a rnaii of merit, — Horaat. The glory of ancestors it is an excuse every ninn will plead, and no man can tell how to confute him. — Seiden. Of all the... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - Quotations, English - 1908 - 772 pages
...they define every man's rights, and defend the individual liberties of all men. — J. 0. HoUb.nd. Ignorance of the law excuses no man ; not that all men know the l:i\v, but because it is an excuse every man will plead, and no man can tell how to confute him. —... | |
 | Sir John Macdonell, Edward Manson - Law - 1914 - 684 pages
...legislation. In the maxim Ignomntia juris neminem excusat he sensibly remarks that its justification is, "not that all men know the law, but because 'tis an...will plead, and no man can tell how to confute him." Charles II. once puzzled the wiseacres of the Royal Society by propounding to them the question why... | |
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