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William Cowper, 1er comte Cowper , est un homme politique britannique.

✵ 24. juin 1665 – 10. octobre 1723
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William Cowper: Citations en anglais

“It is a general rule of Judgment, that a mischief should rather be admitted than an inconvenience.”

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William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper

Devit v. College of Dublin (1720), Gilbert Eq. Ca. 249; reported in James William Norton-Kyshe, Dictionary of Legal Quotations (1904), p. 176.

“There is no instance where men are so easily imposed upon, as at the time of their dying under the pretence of charity.”

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William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper

Attorney-General v. Barnes et uxor (1707), Gilbert Eq. Ca. 5; reported in James William Norton-Kyshe, The Dictionary of Legal Quotations (1904), p. 245-248.

“I should have all manner of tenderness for the right of the College; they are nurseries of Religion and Learning, and therefore all donations for increase and augmentation of their revenue are to be liberally expounded.”

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William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper

Devit v. College of Dublin (1720). Gilbert Eq. Ca. 248; reported in James William Norton-Kyshe, The Dictionary of Legal Quotations (1904), p. 242.

“God forbid that Judges upon their oath should make resolutions to enlarge jurisdiction.”

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William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper

Reeves v. Buttler (1715), Gilbert, Eq. Ca. 196; reported in James William Norton-Kyshe, The Dictionary of Legal Quotations (1904), p. 137.