 | George P. Fletcher, Steve Sheppard - Law - 2005 - 700 pages
...Especially to Religion and State (1689), which also contains his most famous remark on equity: " Tis all one as if they should make the Standard for the...another a short Foot, a Third an indifferent foot. 'Tis the same thing in the Chancellor's Conscience." Do you agree? Is the predictability of equity... | |
 | James Wilson, Bird Wilson - Law - 2005 - 1436 pages
...that is larger or narrower, so is equity. It is all one as if they should make the standard of measure a chancellor's foot. What an uncertain measure would...another, a short foot; a third, an indifferent foot. 'Tis the same .thing in the chancellor's conscience." Similar, though not expressed, perhaps, in a... | |
 | Andrew J. Majeske - English literature - 2006 - 232 pages
...to the Conscience of him that is Chancellor, and as that is larger or narrower, so is Equity. 'Tis all one as if they should make the Standard for the...an uncertain Measure would this be? One Chancellor Equity in Book V of Spenser's The Faerie Queene 97 has a long Foot, another a short Foot, a Third an... | |
 | William Willis - Courts - 2006 - 760 pages
...to the conscience of him that is chancellor, and as that is larger or narrower, so is equity. 'Tis all one as if they should make the standard for the measure a chancellor's foot. What an uncertain measure would this be ! One chancellor has a long foot, another... | |
 | William Kolbrener, Michal Michelson - Biography & Autobiography - 2007 - 244 pages
...in to the conscience of him that is Chancellor, and as that is larger or narrower, so is Equity. Tis all one as if they should make the standard for the...'foot' a Chancellor's foot; what an uncertain measure that would be! One Chancellor has a long foot, another a short foot, a third an indifferent foot. 'Tis... | |
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Equity is a roguish thing; for law we have a measure, know what to trust to; equity is according to the conscience of him that is Chancellor, and as that is larger or narrower, so is equity. 'Tis all one as if they should make the standard for the measure... 
