We must not, by any whimsical conceits supposed to be adapted to the altering fashions of the times, overturn the established law of the land: it descended to us as a sacred charge, and it is our duty to preserve it.


Clayton v. Adams (1796), 6 T. R. 605.


We must not, by any whimsical conceits supposed to be adapted to the altering fashions of the times, overturn the established law of the land: it...

We must not, by any whimsical conceits supposed to be adapted to the altering fashions of the times, overturn the established law of the land: it...

We must not, by any whimsical conceits supposed to be adapted to the altering fashions of the times, overturn the established law of the land: it...

We must not, by any whimsical conceits supposed to be adapted to the altering fashions of the times, overturn the established law of the land: it...