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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
Perfection
Law
Common
Else
Reason
Nothing
Life

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The King himself should be under no man, but under God and the Law.
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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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Everyone thirsteth after gaine.
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Six hours in sleep, in law's grave study six,Four spend in prayer, the rest on Nature fix.
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We have a saying in the House of Commons that old ways are the safest and surest ways.
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You should trust any man in his own art provided he is skilled in it.
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The cause ceasing, the effect ceases also
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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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Corporations cannot commit treason, nor be outlawed, nor excommunicated, for they have no souls.
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A thing which is not in esse but in apparent expectancy is regarded in law.
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The law compells no man to impossible things. The argument ab impossibili is forcible in law.
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