 | Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas, John Bayly Moore - 1827 - 842 pages
...I fear we should get rid of a great deal of what is considered law in Westminster Hall, if what he says, without authority, is not law. He was one of...such a person is good evidence of what the law is, although he refers to no express decision, and particularly when it is in conformity with justice and... | |
 | James Ram - 1835 - 162 pages
...he states; but I am afraid we should get rid of a good deal of what is considered law in Westminster Hall, if what Lord Coke says without authority is...particularly when it is in conformity with justice and common sense."(z>) This favourable representation, however, is not the only picture judicially drawn of the... | |
 | Great Britain. Courts - 1870 - 730 pages
...am afraid we should get rid of a good deal of what is considered law in »097-1 * Westminster-hall, if what Lord COKE says without authority is not law....Opposed to this, as I have stated, is the case of Jittree v. Scutt. I shall read the judgment given in that case, because I think I can answer every... | |
 | 1896 - 866 pages
...afraid," he adds, "that we should get rid of a great deal of what is considered law in Westminster Hall, if what Lord Coke says without authority is...such a person is good evidence of what the law is." (2 Bing. 296-7). In reference to a position in the Digest of Chief Baron Comyns, the same learned judge... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Criminal Appeal, Great Britain. Court of Appeal - 1917 - 344 pages
...he states, but I am afraid we should get rid of a good deal of what is considered law in Westminster Hall, if what Lord Coke says without authority is...it is in conformity with justice and common sense." Those are the words of Best CJ If a layman's opinion of Lord Coke were wanted we might 2\\ 6 j turn... | |
 | 1917 - 1318 pages
...he states, but I am afraid we should get rid of a good deal of what is considered law in Westminster Hall, if what Lord Coke says without authority is...judge in any Court of Justice, and what is said by auch a person is good evidence of what the law is, particularly when it is in conformity with justice... | |
 | Edward William Cox - 1919 - 900 pages
...he states, but I am afraid we should get rid of a good deal of what is considered law in Westminster Hall if what Lord Coke says without authority is not...it is in conformity with justice and common sense." Those are the words of Best, CJ There are other authorities who understood this matter in precisely... | |
 | 1923 - 498 pages
...of a work : "I am afraid we should get rid of a good deal of what is considered law in Westminster Hall if what Lord Coke says without authority is not...such a person is good evidence of what the law is ... ."14 Another illustration of this element is supplied by the words of Lord Kenyon, CJ : "He [Comyns,... | |
 | Sweet & Maxwell - 1925 - 466 pages
...what is considered law in Westminster Hall, if what Lord Coke says without authority ii not law. He is one of the most eminent lawyers that ever presided...it is in conformity with justice and common sense." — 2 Bing. 296. 7. Compleat English Copyholder: or, Guide to Lords of Manors, Justices of the Peace,... | |
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The fact is Lord Coke had no authority for what he states, but I am afraid we should get rid of a good deal of what is considered law in Westminster Hall if what Lord Coke says without authority is not law. He was one of the most eminent lawyers that... 
