| Jean Louis de Lolme - Constitutional history - 1816 - 602 pages
...time, converted into an old rule. " A great part of what is now strict law, was formerly con" sidered as equity; and the equitable decisions of this age...unavoidably be ranked under the strict law of the " next." Numerous cases, however, will probably for ages k Here it may be added as a conclusion, that appeals... | |
| North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1830 - 592 pages
...equity went on in perpetual progression, the former continually gaining ground on the latter. Thus ' every new and extraordinary interposition is, by length...unavoidably be ranked under the strict law of the next.* Such, of necessity, was the original meagerness of positive legislation, that, had the judges regarded... | |
| Political science - 1848 - 440 pages
...are in continual progression, and the former is constantly gaining ground upon the latter. Every uew and extraordinary interposition is by length of time...unavoidably be ranked under the strict law of the next. (Prof. Millar, View of th* Eng. Govt.) But the jurisdiction having been once acquired at a time when... | |
| Political science - 1848 - 476 pages
...ground upon the latter. Every new ani extraordinary interposition is by length of time converted into au old rule; a great part of what is now strict law was...unavoidably be ranked under the strict law of the next. (Prof. Millar, I'iric uj ll¡t Eng. Gort.) But the jurisdiction hiving been once acquired at a time... | |
| 1849 - 492 pages
...Americana." position. Thus law and equity are in continual progression, and the former is consequently gaining ground upon the latter. Every new and extraordinary...unavoidably be ranked under the strict law of the next.' And now," said Caleb, " I will make you a proposition." "What is that, sir?" said more than one voice.... | |
| Economics - 1853 - 448 pages
...general principle, and could no longer be considered as a singular interposition. Thus law and equity are in continual progression, and the former is constantly...unavoidably be ranked under the strict law of the next. (Prof. Millar, View of' the Eng. Govt.) But the jurisdiction having been once acquired at a time when... | |
| Jean Louis de Lolme - Constitutional history - 1853 - 416 pages
...of the Lord Chancellor. t " Hence," says Mr. Millar, " law is constantly gaining ground upon equity. Every new and extraordinary interposition is, by length...unavoidably be ranked under the strict law of the next." I the decrees passed in the courts of equity are carried to the House of Peers; which circumstance... | |
| Jean Louis de Lolme - Constitutional history - 1853 - 474 pages
...of the Lord Chancellor. t " Hence," says Mr. Millar, " law is constantly gaining ground upon equity. Every new and extraordinary interposition is, by length...unavoidably be ranked under the strict law of the next." the decrees passed in the courts of equity are carried to the House of Peers ; which circumstance alone... | |
| Jean Louis de Lolme - 1853 - 438 pages
...of the Lord Chancellor. t " Hence," says Mr. Millar, " law is constantly gaining ground upon equity. Every new and extraordinary interposition is, by length...unavoidably be ranked under the strict law of the next." the decrees passed in the courts of equity are carried to the House of Peers ; which circumstance alone... | |
| New York (State). Court of Appeals, Erasmus Peshine Smith, George Franklin Comstock, Henry Rogers Selden, Francis Kernan, Joel Tiffany, Samuel Hand - Law reports, digests, etc - 1867 - 644 pages
...Law and equity are in continual progreseioh, and the former is constantly gaining upon the latter. A great part of what is now strict law was formerly...unavoidably be ranked under the strict law of the next." Such, preeminently, has been the course of jurisprudence on this subject. The doctrines originating... | |
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