 | 1813 - Liczba stron: 682
...which lie upon the subject ; and if in bad times they should be awaked, wnuhl grind them to powder. And there is such an accumulation of statutes concerning...and they so cross and intricate, as the certainty of !nw is lost in the heap." That the [inject is by no means a chimerical one, has bren sufficiently evinced... | |
 | Basil Montagu - 1816 - Liczba stron: 340
...death in those who could not read, and who might therefor* well be supposed ignorant of the law. t " There is such an accumulation of statutes concerning...intricate, as the certainty of law is lost in the heap." Bacon, proposal for amending the lawes. — " This continual! heaping up of lawes, with, out digesting... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1819 - Liczba stron: 598
...delays, and evasions : whereof ensueth, 1 . That the multiplicity and length of suits is great. 2. That the contentious person is armed, and the honest subject wearied and oppressed. 3. That the judge is more absolute ; who, in doubtful cases, hath a greater stroke and liberty. 4.... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1824 - Liczba stron: 570
...thus expressed himself in his " Proposal for amending the Laws of England" addressed to James I. ? " There is such an accumulation of statutes concerning one matter, and they so cross and intricate, that the certainty of Jaw is lost in the heap, as your Majesty had experience last day upon the point,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1826 - Liczba stron: 536
...opinion, delays, and evasions : whereof ensueth, 1. That the multiplicity and length of suits is great. 2. That the contentious person is armed, and the honest subject wearied and oppressed. 3. That the judge is more absolute ; who, in doubtful cases, hath a greater stroke and liberty. 4.... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1826 - Liczba stron: 538
...that our laws endure the torment of Mezentius : " The living die in the arms of the dead." Lastly, There is such an accumulation of statutes concerning...intricate, as the certainty of law is lost in the heap ; as your majesty had experience last day upon the point, Whether the incendiary of Newmarket should... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1826 - Liczba stron: 548
...opinion, delays, and evasions : whereof ensueth, 1. That the multiplicity and length of suits is great. 2. That the contentious person is armed, and the honest subject wearied and oppressed. 3. That the judge is more absolute ; who, in doubtful cases, hath a greater stroke and liberty. 4.... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1827 - Liczba stron: 532
...takes occasion to press upon his Majesty a vigorous argwmentvm ad hominem, by reminding him, that ' there is such an accumulation of statutes concerning...and they so cross and intricate, as the certainty of the law is lost in the heap ; as your Majesty had occasion to experience last day upon the point, whether... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1827 - Liczba stron: 538
...takes occasion to press upon his Majesty a vigorous argutnenlum ad hominem, by reminding him, that ' there is such an accumulation of statutes concerning...and they so cross and intricate, as the certainty of the law is lost in the heap ; as your Majesty had occasion to experience last day upon the point, whether... | |
 | 1828 - Liczba stron: 598
...that day considered the multitude and intricacy of the statutes as a great evil, and complained, ' There is such an accumulation of statutes concerning...and they so cross and intricate, as the certainty of the law is lost in the heap, as your majesty had experience last day, upon the point whether the incendiary... | |
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... 1 . That the multiplicity and length of suits is great. 2. That the contentious person is armed, and the honest subject wearied and oppressed. 3. That the judge is more absolute ; who, in doubtful cases, hath a greater stroke and liberty. 4. That... 
