“Alone from Jargon born to rescue Law,
From precedent, grave hum, and formal saw!
To strip chicanery of its vain pretence,
And marry Common Law to Common Sense!”

‘The Law-Student’ (1762) (on Lord Mansfield, Lord Chief Justice, 1756-88)

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English poet and satirist 1733–1764

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“Alone from Jargon born to rescue Law,From precedent, grave hum, and formal saw!To strip chicanery of its vain pretence,And marry Common Law to Common Sense!”

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“Alone from Jargon born to rescue Law,
From precedent, grave hum, and formal saw!
To strip chicanery of its vain pretence,
And marry Common Law to Common Sense!”