John Eardley Wilmot - Time Quotes

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The time makes no difference in the reason of the thing.

John Eardley Wilmot

These laws must be construed according to the intention of them: and the circumstances of things at the time of enacting them ought to be taken into consideration.

John Eardley Wilmot

The statute law is the will of the legislature in writing; the common law is nothing else but statutes worn out by time; all our law began by consent of the legislature, and whether it is now law by usage or writing, it is the same thing.

John Eardley Wilmot