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The law compells no man to impossible things. The argument ab impossibili is forcible in law.

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
Forcible
Argument
Impossible
Law
Things
Men

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