William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper citáty

William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper, was an English politician who became the first Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. Cowper was the son of Sir William Cowper, 2nd Baronet, of Ratling Court, Kent, a Whig member of parliament of some mark in the two last Stuart reigns. Wikipedia  

✵ 24. červen 1665 – 10. říjen 1723
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William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper: Citáty anglicky

“It is a general rule of Judgment, that a mischief should rather be admitted than an inconvenience.”

Devit v. College of Dublin (1720), Gilbert Eq. Ca. 249; reported in James William Norton-Kyshe, Dictionary of Legal Quotations (1904), p. 176.

“There is no instance where men are so easily imposed upon, as at the time of their dying under the pretence of charity.”

Attorney-General v. Barnes et uxor (1707), Gilbert Eq. Ca. 5; reported in James William Norton-Kyshe, The Dictionary of Legal Quotations (1904), p. 245-248.

“God forbid that Judges upon their oath should make resolutions to enlarge jurisdiction.”

Reeves v. Buttler (1715), Gilbert, Eq. Ca. 196; reported in James William Norton-Kyshe, The Dictionary of Legal Quotations (1904), p. 137.

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