John Holt (Lord Chief Justice): Doing

John Holt (Lord Chief Justice) was English lawyer and Lord Chief Justice of England. Explore interesting quotes on doing.

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“It is expected you should do your best for those you are assigned for, as it is expected in any other case, that you do your duty for your client.”

John Holt (Lord Chief Justice)

Rookwood's Case (1696), 13 How. St. Tr. 154.

“I agree we ought not to incroach or inlarge our jurisdiction; by so doing we usurp both on the right of the Queen and the people.”

John Holt (Lord Chief Justice)

2 Raym. Rep. 938.
Ashby v. White (1703)

“Rokeby, J.: I do not think but a Popish doctor may be a good doctor to a Protestant patient; but I do not think that a Popish governor can be a good governor for a Protestant subject.
Holt, C. J.: Aye, but a Popish censor is not so proper to supervise and inspect all the Protestant physicians.”

John Holt (Lord Chief Justice)

King against Dr. Burrel (1699), 5 Mod. 432.

“The subject being unusual, I fear that I shall not make myself intelligible, but I will do my endeavour, that the reasons of our judgment may be apprehended.”

John Holt (Lord Chief Justice)

B. v. Knight and Burton (1699), 1 Raym. 527.

“I do not pretend to dispense equity at large, but only by the consent of the parties, upon a rule of Court.”

John Holt (Lord Chief Justice)

Anonymous (1699), 3 Salk. 213.