 | William Tegg - 1876 - 146 ページ
...placed between them — : Rousseau. EQUITY. Equity is a roguish thing; for law we have a measure, and know what to trust to : equity is according to the...chancellor, and as that is larger or narrower, so is equity. 'Tis all one as if they sheuld make his foot the standard for the measure, we call a chancellor's foot,... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1876 - 658 ページ
...with more pleasantry than truth. " For Jaw we have a measure, and know what to trust to : equity iü according to the conscience of him that is chancellor; and as that is larger or narrower, eo is equity. ' l'i- all one аз if they should make the standard for the measure a chancellor's foot.... | |
 | 1877 - 362 ページ
...EПТАПI, Or any other thing that's false. — BVHОN, KnpIMi Mirth. Equity. KilriTY is a roguish thing: for law we have a measure, know what to trust...Chancellor, and as that is larger or narrower, so is equity. 'Tis all one as if they should make the standard for the measure wo call a foot a Chancellor's foot... | |
 | New Jersey State Bar Association - 1919 - 168 ページ
...epithet suggests the disrespect he felt for the chancery rulings when he says: "Equity is a roguish thing; for law we have a measure — know what to trust to ; equity is according to him that is chancellor, and as that is larger or narrower, so is equity. It is all one as if they should... | |
 | North Dakota. Supreme Court, Hiram A. Libby, Robert Milligan Carothers, Robert Dimon Hoskins, Edgar Whittlesey Camp, John McDowell Cochrane, Ames Francis Wilbur, Joseph Coghlan, Edwin James Taylor - 1922 - 712 ページ
...law as so administered said : "Equity is a roguish thing. For law we have a measure, and know what we trust to. Equity is according to the conscience of...; and as that is larger or narrower, so is equity. 'Tis all one as if they should make his foot the standard for the measure we call chancellor's foot.... | |
 | 1890 - 838 ページ
...Selden, a noted English law writer, aptly illustrated this when he said : " For law we have a measure and know what to trust to ; equity is according to the...of him that is chancellor ; and as that is larger and narrower, so is equity. 'Tis all one as if they should make the standard for the measure a chancellor's... | |
 | 1885 - 318 ページ
...bitterly, and spoke again to me in words that seemed familiar : "Equity is a roguish thing," it sneered, ' for law we have a measure, know what to trust to ;...chancellor, and as that is larger or narrower, so is Equity. 'Tis all one as if - " Brother, thou errest," she said. " He who wrote those words was not all wise.... | |
 | Academie De Droit International De La Ha - 1968 - 878 ページ
...connue des juristes anglais et citée maintes fois : « Equity is a roguish thing; for law we hâve a measure, know what to trust, to equity is according to the conscience of him that is chancelier, and that is larger or narrower so is equity. Tis ail one, as if they should make the standard... | |
 | Louisiana. Supreme Court - 1916 - 644 ページ
...the well-known statement of Seiden that: 'Equity is a roguish thing. For law we have a measure, and know what to trust to. Equity is according to the...and, as that is larger or narrower, so is equity. 'Tis all one as if they should make his foot the standard of the measure \ve call a Chancellor's foot.... | |
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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... 
