Ocupation: Former Lord Chancellor
Life: December 1, 1690 - March 6, 1764
Birthday: December 1
Death: March 6
That what is agreed to be done, must be considered as done.
Topics: Done
A reasonable fine is such as the law will judge to be so . . . but what a reasonable fine is, and who shall be the judge of it, the law has established no rule.
Topics: Law, Judging, Reason
Certainty is the mother of repose, and therefore the common law aims at certainty.
Topics: Mother, Law, Common, Common Law