A promise against law or duty is void in its own nature |
A public right cannot be changed by private agreement |
Ancient custom has the force of law |
Every innovation occasions more harm and and derangement of order by its novelty, than benefit by its abstract utility |
Every innovation occasions more harm and and derangement of order by its novelty, than benefit by its abstract utility |
Every skilled person is to be believed with reference to his own art |
False in one thing, false in everything |
He is not deceived who knows himself to be deceived |
He who spares the guilty threatens the innocent |
Ignorance of the law must not prevent the losing attorney from collecting his fee |
Ignorance of the law must not prevent the losing attorney from collecting his fee |
In case of doubt it is best to lean to the side of mercy. |
It is fraud to conceal fraud |
It is fraud to conceal fraud |
It is fraud to conceal fraud |