Joseph Yates (judge): Quotes about laws

Joseph Yates (judge) was English barrister and judge. Explore interesting quotes on law.
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“The law is too tenacious of private peace, to suffer litigations to be negotiable.”

Joseph Yates (judge)

4 Burr. Part IV., 2385.
Dissenting in Millar v Taylor (1769)

Peace , Law , Suffering

“center>Sacred to the Memory
of the Honorable
Sir Joseph Yates, Knight,
of Peel Hall in Lancashire,
successively a Judge of the Courts
of King's Bench and Common Pleas;
whose merit advanced him to the
feat of Justice, which he filled with the most
distinguished abilities and invincible integrity.
He died the 7th day of June 1770,
in the 48th year of his age,
leaving the world to lament the loss
of an honest Man and able Judge,
firm to assert
and strenuous to support
the laws and constitution
of his Country.</center”

Joseph Yates (judge)

Monument inscription, British History Online: Cheam http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=45375.
About

Age , World , Justice , Law

“The invention of an author is a species of property unknown to the common law of England. Its usages are immemorial; and the views of it tend to the benefit and advantage of the public with respect to the necessaries of life, and not to the improvement and graces of mind.”

Joseph Yates (judge)

4 Burr. Part IV., 2387.
Dissenting in Millar v Taylor (1769)

Life , Law

“Great attention and respect is undoubtedly due to the decisions of a Lord Chancellor: but they are not conclusive upon a Court of common law.”

Joseph Yates (judge)

Source: Dissenting in Millar v Taylor (1769) 4 Burr, Part IV., 2377.

Law , Decision

“No tort is assignable, in law or equity. It is not within any species of action at common law.”

Joseph Yates (judge)

4 Burr. Part. IV., 2386.
Dissenting in Millar v Taylor (1769)

Law

“If the custom be general, it is the law of the realm: if local only, it is lex loci, the law of the place. Now, all laws are general, as far as the law extends; and all customs of England are of course, immemorial.1 No usage, therefore, can be part of that law, or have the force of a custom, that is not immemorial.”

Joseph Yates (judge)

4 Burr. Part IV., 2368.
Dissenting in Millar v Taylor (1769)

Law , Parting

“The common law of England must direct the determination of a common law question. By common-law determinations we are bound; and to them we must always adhere: for, these are the proper constitutional declarations of the law of the land. They are so considered, even by the Court of Chancery itself. When any doubt arises in a cause of equity concerning a point of common law, it is usually referred to the determination of a Court of Common Law.”

Joseph Yates (judge)

4 Burr. Part IV., 2377.
Dissenting in Millar v Taylor (1769)

Law , Question