William Scott, 1st Baron Stowell
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William Scott, 1st Baron Stowell (17 October 1745 – 28 January 1836) was an English judge and jurist.
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- Necessity creates the law,—it supersedes rules; and whatever is reasonable and just in such cases is likewise legal.
- The Gratitude (1801), 3 Rob. Adm. Rep. 240. Note that "The Gratitude" is the name of a legal case in admiralty, such cases being styled by the name of the vessel at issue.
- A dinner lubricates business.
- In Life of Johnson (Boswell), Vol. viii., p. 67, note.
- The elegant simplicity of the three per cents.
- Lives of the Lord Chancellors (Campbell), Vol. x. Chap. 212. Compare: "The sweet simplicity of the three per cents", Benjamin Disraeli, Endymion (1880).
