John Holt (Lord Chief Justice)

"It would look very strange, when the Commons of England are so fond of their right of sending representatives to Parliament, that it should be in the power of a sheriff, or other officer, to deprive t…"

"A man may be reputed an able man this year, and yet be a beggar the next; it is a misfortune that happens to many men, and his former reputation will signify nothing."

"To excuse himself from damage, must say, was ready always and at all times."

"No counsel in the world that understand themselves, can argue anything against what has been often settled and always practised."

"An universal custom is a law, and I know no distinction between lex mercatoria and consuetudo mercaborum."

"I am far from being such a Judge as shall lay any intolerable yoke upon any one's neck."

"The subject being unusual, I fear that I shall not make myself intelligible, but I will do my endeavour, that the reasons of our judgment may be apprehended."

"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."