John Holt (Lord Chief Justice) Quote

We take notice of all feasts, and the almanack is part of the common law, the calendar being established by Act of Parliament, and it is published before the Common-prayer Book.


Brough v. Parkings (1703), 2 Raym. 994; reported in James William Norton-Kyshe, Dictionary of Legal Quotations (1904), p. 92.


We take notice of all feasts, and the almanack is part of the common law, the calendar being established by Act of Parliament, and it is published...

We take notice of all feasts, and the almanack is part of the common law, the calendar being established by Act of Parliament, and it is published...

We take notice of all feasts, and the almanack is part of the common law, the calendar being established by Act of Parliament, and it is published...

We take notice of all feasts, and the almanack is part of the common law, the calendar being established by Act of Parliament, and it is published...