John Powell
Sir John Powell (1645 - 14 June 1713) was an English politician, lawyer and later judge. He was the Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Gloucester from 1685 to 1689.
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Quotes
[edit]- Let us consider the reason of the case. For nothing is law that is not reason.
- Coggs vs. Bernard, Lord Raymond, 911, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Compare: "Reason is the life of the law; nay, the common law itself is nothing else but reason... The law, which is perfection of reason", Edward Coke, First Institute of the Lawes of England (1628).
- We can judge the intent of the parties only by their words.
- Idle v. Cooke (1704), 2 Raym. 1149.
