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Equity is a roguish thing; for law we have a measure ... (but) equity is according to the conscience of him who is chancellor, and, as that is larger or narrower, so is equity.
Equity is a roguish thing; for law we have a measure ... (but) equity is according to the conscience of him who is chancellor, and, as that is larger or narrower, so is equity.
Approximate author period: c. 1619 AD · renaissance
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- John Selden
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- Approximate author period: c. 1619 AD · renaissance
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- Dictionary of Quotations (1893) (1893 AD)
Printed citation: Selden. · page_084
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