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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
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Coke

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Everyone thirsteth after gaine.
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Those who consent to the act and those who do it shall be equally punished.
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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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So as grave and learned men may doubt, without any imputation to them for the most learned doubteth most, and the more ignorant for the most part are the more bold and peremptory.
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