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John Powell
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Sir John Powell (1645 - 14 June 1713) was an English politician, lawyer and later judge. He was the Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Gloucester from 1685 to 1689.
Quotes
Let us consider the reason of the case. For nothing is law that is not reason.
Coggs vs. Bernard, Lord Raymond, 911, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Compare: "Reason is the life of the law; nay, the common law itself is nothing else but reason... The law, which is perfection of reason", Edward Coke, First Institute of the Lawes of England (1628).
We can judge the intent of the parties only by their words.
Idle v. Cooke (1704), 2 Raym. 1149.
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