 ... 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 we call a foot...  The Central Law Journal - Page 4271920Full view - About this book
 | India - 1866 - 514 pages
...is 'all one, as if they should make the standard for the measure we ' call a. foot ' & chancellor's foot.' What an uncertain measure this ' would be....an indifferent foot ; it is the same thing in the chancellors' ' conscience' (Table Talk.) Such was equity in the days of Selden, and such would be equity... | |
 | Joseph Story - Equity - 1866 - 860 pages
...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...a third an indifferent foot. It is the same thing with the chancellor's conscience."2 And notions of this sort were, in former ages, when the chancery... | |
 | Treasury - 1868 - 148 pages
...equity. 'Tis all one as if they should make his foot the standard for the measure, we call a chancellor's foot — what an uncertain measure this would be !...another a short foot, a third an indifferent foot : 'tis the same thing in the chancellor's conscience. Seldcn. RUINED BY GOOD FORTUNE. " The fact is,... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1868 - 828 pages
...standard for the measure we call a foot 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. 'T is the same in the Chancellor's conscience. Table Talk. Equity. Old friends are best. King James... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - Great Britain - 1874 - 578 pages
...call a foot ' a chancellor's foot.' What an uncertain measure would this be? One chancellor has along foot ; another a short foot ; a third, an indifferent foot : it is the same thing in the chancellor's conscience." — Table Talk. 1 " The discretion of a judge is the law of tyrants ; it is always unknown... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1874 - 798 pages
...standard for the measure we call a foot 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. 'T is the same in the Chancellor's conscience. Table Talh. Equity. Old friends are best. King James... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1875 - 890 pages
...standard for the measure we call a foot 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. T is the same in the Chancellor's conscience. Table Talk. Equity. Old friends are best. King James... | |
 | Christopher Cavanagh - Conveyancing - 1875 - 240 pages
...creed. It was said by Selden the chancery conscience varies with the size of the chancellor's foot. " One chancellor has a long foot, another a short foot, a third an indifferent foot. 'Tis the same in the chancellor's conscience" (Table Talk). Well that was bad enough ; but it is ten... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1876 - 658 pages
...measure a chancellor's foot. What nn uncertain measure would this be ! One chancellor has a long loot, another a short foot, a third an indifferent foot. It is the same thing with the chancellor's conscience " (zi -• P. Wins. BIO. See hook II, p. :i¡7. (ni Salk. 154. (6|... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1877 - 362 pages
...standard for the measure wo call a foot a Chancellor's foot ; what an uncertain meusure would this be ! One Chancellor has a long foot, another a short foot, a third an indifferent foot. 'Tie the same in the Chancellor's conscience. — SEL DKN, Tahle Tall.-. Equivocation. — How absolute... | |
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