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Famous Edward Coke Quotes
“A thing which is not in esse but in apparent expectancy is regarded in law.”
Source: The Reports of Sir Edward Coke, Kt ... The Second Edition Carefully Compared with the French ... With a Table to the Whole
“The law compells no man to impossible things. The argument ab impossibili is forcible in law.”
Source: The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England: Or, A Commentary Upon Littleton. Not the Name of the Author Only, But of the Law Itself ... Hæc Ego Grandævus Posui Tibi, Candide Lector