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Reason is the life of the law nay, the common law itself is nothing else but reasonThe law, which is perfection of reason.

Edward Coke

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Edward Coke
Died: 1633
Died: September 3
Barrister
Judge
Lord Chief Justice Of England And Wales
Politician
Mileham
Norfolk
Sir Edward Coke
Law
Common
Else
Reason
Nothing
Life
Perfection

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Let us now peruse our ancient authors, for out of the old fields must come the new corn.
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The law of the realm cannot be changed but by Parliament.
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There must have been good grounds for belief in witchcraft otherwise Parliament would not have legislated against it.
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For a man's house is his castle, et domus sua cuique tutissimum refugium [and one's home is the safest refuge to everyone].
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A corporation has no soul.
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He is not cheated who knows he is being cheated.
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Everyone thirsteth after gaine.
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Every libel, which is called famosus libellus, is made either against a private man, or against a public person. If it be against a private man, it deserves a severe punishment.
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Certainty is the mother of quiet and repose, and uncertainty the cause of variance and contentions
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A thing which is not in esse but in apparent expectancy is regarded in law.
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There is no jewel in the world comparable to learning no learning so excellent as knowledge of laws.
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We should speak as the populace but think as the learned.
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