 Judges ought to be more learned than witty ; more reverend than plausible ; and more advised ' than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue.  De Laudibus Legum Angliae - Pagina 200door Sir John Fortescue, Andrew Amos - 1825 - 280 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Francis Bacon - 1873 - 266 pagina’s
...alter, and to pronounce that which they do not find, and by show of antiquity to introduce novelty. Judges ought to be more learned than witty ; more reverend than plausible ; and more advised ' than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue.... | |
 | 1873 - 578 pagina’s
...their office is jus dicere, and not jus dare — to interpret law, and not to make law or give law. Judges ought to be more learned than witty; more reverend than plausible; and more advised than confident. Patience and gravity of hearing is an essential part of justice; and... | |
 | Sir John Fortescue - 1874 - 382 pagina’s
...which he might have heard in due time from the bar; or to shew quickness of conceit in cutting oft' evidence or counsel too short, or to prevent information...declares that " a popular Judge is a deformed thing, and plamlitesare fitter for players than for magistrates." In the letter in the Cabala, it is said that... | |
 | 1875 - 722 pagina’s
...not jus dare ; to interpret law, not to make law, or give law. Lord Bacon has somewhere said, that judges ought to be more learned than witty; more reverend than plausible, and more advised than confident ; and that above all things, integrity is their portion and proper... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1876 - 320 pagina’s
...alter, and to pro- 5 nounce that which they do not find, and by show of antiquity to introduce novelty. Judges ought to be more learned than witty, more reverend than plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion, and proper virtue. Cursed... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1876 - 768 pagina’s
...alter; and to pronounce that which they do not find, and by show of antiquity to introduce novelty. Judges ought to be more learned than witty, more reverend than plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue. .... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - 1876 - 660 pagina’s
...alter, and to pronounce that which they do not find, and by show of antiquity to introduce novelty. Judges ought to be more learned than witty, more reverend than plausible, and more advised6 than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue. "... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1877 - 782 pagina’s
...to introduce novelty. Judges ought to be more learned than ""tty ; more reverend than plausible; and more advised than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue. " Cursed," saith the law, " is he that removeth the land-mark." The mislayer of a mere-stone is to... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1879 - 272 pagina’s
...alter, and to pro- S nounce that which they do not find, and by show of antiquity to introduce novelty. Judges ought to be more learned than witty, more reverend than plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion, and proper virtue. Cursed... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1879 - 356 pagina’s
...novelty. Judges ought to be more learned than witty,5 more reverend than plausible,6 and more advised7 than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue. 'Cursed (saith the law) is he that removeth the landmark.'* The mislayer of a mere-stone9 is to blame;... | |
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