Charles Abbott, 1st Baron Tenterden Quotes
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I am extremely unwilling that we should take upon ourselves to exercise a jurisdiction which the law does not vest in us.
Charles Abbott, 1st Baron Tenterden
Although our powers are great, they are not unlimited—they are bounded by some lines of demarcation.
Charles Abbott, 1st Baron Tenterden
It is fit that justice should be administered with great caution.
Charles Abbott, 1st Baron Tenterden
Prima facie, every estate, whether given by will or otherwise, is supposed to be beneficial to the party to whom it is so given.
Charles Abbott, 1st Baron Tenterden
I know of no privileged class of society, and I do not know an esquire has any privileges a yeoman has not.
Charles Abbott, 1st Baron Tenterden
We cannot suffer a person by his affidavit to arraign the whole justice of the country and its administration.
Charles Abbott, 1st Baron Tenterden