Charles Abbott, 1st Baron Tenterden Quote

I am extremely unwilling that we should take upon ourselves to exercise a jurisdiction which the law does not vest in us.


Rex v. Middleton (1819), 1 Chit. Rep. 656.


I am extremely unwilling that we should take upon ourselves to exercise a jurisdiction which the law does not vest in us.

I am extremely unwilling that we should take upon ourselves to exercise a jurisdiction which the law does not vest in us.

I am extremely unwilling that we should take upon ourselves to exercise a jurisdiction which the law does not vest in us.

I am extremely unwilling that we should take upon ourselves to exercise a jurisdiction which the law does not vest in us.