 | Great Britain. Courts - 1796 - 840 pages
...for the judge is to determine between party and party, or between the government and the party ; and an act of parliament can do no wrong, though it may do * feveral « г /• qo 1 things that look pretty odd ; for it may difcharge one from his al- L •*... | |
 | James Wilson - 1804 - 494 pages
...for the judge is to determine between party and party, or between the government and the party ; and an act of parliament can do no wrong ; though it may do several things, that look pretty odd."« n 4. Rep. 13. ° 8. Rep. 118. P Hob. 87. i 12. Mod. 687. 688. These doctrines and sayings, however... | |
 | Sir Edward Coke - 1826 - 552 pages
...the 'judge is to determine between party aud 1 party, or between the government and the ' party ; and an act of parliament can do no ' wrong, though it may do several things ' that look pretty odd ; for it may discharge ' one from his allegiance to the government ' he lives under, and restore him... | |
 | David Urquhart - 1843 - 584 pages
...and inseparable to his person ; as a sovereign power to command any of his subjects to serve him, for the public weal. And this, solely and inseparably,...adultery lawful,'' &c. - ' . * 12th Report. p. 18. f8th Rep. p. 18. . + 12th Modern Report. p. 687. So, too, a few years before that period, it had been... | |
 | Portfolio - 1843 - 626 pages
...and inseparable to his person ; as a sovereign power to command any of his subjects to serve him, for the public weal. And this, solely and" inseparably,...not make adultery lawful/' &c. * 12th Report, p. 18. f8th Rep. p. 18. 12th Modern Report, p. 687. So, too, a few years before that period, it had been said... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Chancery, Charles Beavan - 1851 - 706 pages
...for the judge is to determine between party and party, or between the government and the party, and an act of parliament can do no wrong, though it may do several things that look pretty odd." And as to the objection that the Recorder was the judge, Lord Holt added (a) : " the placita are virtually... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Chancery, Charles Beavan - 1851 - 716 pages
...for the judge is to determine between party and party, or between the government and the party, and an act of parliament can do no wrong, though it may do several things that look pretty odd." And as to the objection that the Recorder was the judge, Lord Holt added (a) : " the placita are virtually... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1874 - 580 pages
...for the judge is to determine between party and party, or between the Government and the party ; and an Act of Parliament can do no wrong, though it may do several things that look pretty odd, for it may discharge one from his allegiance to the Government he lives under and restore him to the... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1875 - 618 pages
...Holt, which, as in the former case, I believe to be correct : " It is a very reasonable and true saying that if an Act of Parliament should ordain that the...judge and party. It may not make adultery lawful," &c. (City of London v. Wood, 12 Modern Reports, p. 687.) I give another quotation, from Lord Hobart : "An... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - 1876 - 842 pages
...procedure. The case recalls the saying of Lord HOLT, in London v. Wood, 12 Mod. 669, 687, 688, that "an act of Parliament can do no wrong, though it may do several things that look pretty odd;" and illustrates the effect of narrow views of policy, of the doctrine of "the omnipotence of Parliament,"... | |
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... an act of parliament can do no wrong, though it may do several things that look pretty odd... 
