John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
Sir Edward Coke 1552-1634 John Bartlett
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| The gladsome light of jurisprudence. |
| First Institute. |
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| Reason is the life of the law; nay, the common law itself is nothing else but reason…. The law, which is perfection of reason. 1 |
| First Institute. |
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| For a man’s house is his castle, et domus sua cuique tutissimum refugium. 2 |
| Third Institute. Page 162. |
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| The house of every one is to him as his castle and fortress, as well for his defence against injury and violence as for his repose. |
| Semayne’s Case, 5 Rep. 91. |
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| They (corporations) cannot commit treason, nor be outlawed nor excommunicate, for they have no souls. |
| Case of Sutton’s Hospital, 10 Rep. 32. |
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| Magna Charta is such a fellow that he will have no sovereign. |
| Debate in the Commons, May 17, 1628. |
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| Six hours in sleep, in law’s grave study six, Four spend in prayer, the rest on Nature fix. 3 |
| Translation of lines quoted by Coke. |
| Note 1. Let us consider the reason of the case. For nothing is law that is not reason.—Sir John Powell: Coggs vs. Bernard, 2 Ld. Raym. Rep. p. 911. [back] |
| Note 2. Pandects, lib. ii. tit. iv. De in Jus vocando. [back] |
| Note 3. Seven hours to law, to soothing slumber seven; Ten to the world allot, and all to heaven. Sir William Jones. [back] |