 | James Lyon (of Fairhaven, Vermont) - 486 pages
...attributed to Lord Ellesmere) " the refuge of the poor and afflicted — the altar and sanctuary of such as against the might of rich men, and the countenance...of great men, cannot maintain the goodness of their cause and the truth' of their title," had its rise in the reign of Richard II.; but as this is fully... | |
 | Henry Allon - Christianity - 1865 - 534 pages
...rigour of the law by the judgment and discretion of equity and grace. It is the refuge of the poorc and afflicted ; it is the altar and sanctuary for such...of great men cannot maintain the goodness of their cause and truth of their titla' The Common Law judges of early English history have left little behind... | |
 | Frederick Pollock - Law - 1904 - 180 pages
...medieval England it was still real enough to assist in founding a jurisdiction. The court was also " the altar and sanctuary for such as against the might...of great men, cannot maintain the goodness of their cause " (a) . So long as these were the supposed reasons for his judicial existence, the Chancellor... | |
 | Frederick Pollock - Law - 1904 - 182 pages
...medieval England it was still real enough to assist in founding a jurisdiction. The court was also " the altar and sanctuary for such as against the might...rich men, and the countenance of great men, cannot (a) Cal. Proc. Ch. i. xx. Of. Select Cases in Chancery, Seld. Soc. 1896, pi. 23, 31. maintain the goodness... | |
 | Association of American Law Schools - Law - 1908 - 842 pages
...353. •Lord Ellesmere (Treatise, p. 21) describing the Court, says, "It is the refuge of the poor and afflicted — it is the altar and sanctuary for such...of great men, cannot maintain the goodness of their cause and truth of their title." In the time of Hen. VI. we find it expressly recognized, that a man... | |
 | Law - 1904 - 766 pages
...mediaeval England it was still real enough to assist in founding a jurisdiction. The court vas also "the altar and sanctuary for such as against the might...the countenance of great men, cannot maintain the grodness of their cause."1 So long as these were the supposed reasons for his judicial existence, the... | |
 | Willard Titus Barbour - Contracts - 1914 - 434 pages
...ready for the relief of the poor ', exclaimed Lord Chancellor Hutton in an address to the sergeants ; z and in a tract relating to the office of the chancellor,...petitions themselves. We may group them in two divisions : ( i ) Poverty of the petitioner. These appeals are often framed in piteous terms. ' Poor fadyrless... | |
 | Law - 1914 - 1238 pages
...rigour of the law by the judgment and discretion of equity and grace. It is the refuge of the poor and afflicted ; it is the altar and sanctuary for such...of great men cannot maintain the goodness of their cause." Jessel, MR, in Re HalMt's Estate, LR 13 CD, at p. 710, says: "Equity is a progressive science.... | |
 | Speeches, addresses, etc - 1924 - 322 pages
...understood the functions of his court to be, and this is his statement : "It is the refuge of the poor and afflicted. It is the altar and sanctuary for such as against the might of rich men and countenance of great men cannot maintain the goodness of their cause and the truth of their title."... | |
 | Nieves Mathews - Philosophy - 1996 - 620 pages
...rigour of law by the judgement and discretion of equity and grace. It is the refuge of the poor and afflicted; it is the altar and sanctuary for such...of great men cannot maintain the goodness of their cause and truth of their title.45 Bacon, always a champion of the poor, saw Chancery in the same light.... | |
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It is the refuge of the poor and afflicted; it is the altar and sanctuary for such as against the might of rich men and the countenance of great men cannot maintain the goodness of their cause and truth of their Title. 