Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon

He had no right to take the law into his own hands.

In many cases a party undertakes to prove a custom from the time of legal memory, the reign of Richard the Second; but that proof is generally established by evidence of acts done at a much later period, and frequently no evidence is given …

It is a maxim in our law that a plaintiff must shew that he stands on a fair ground when he calls on a Court of justice to administer relief to him.

It is the great duty of every Court of justice to administer justice as well as they can between the litigating parties ; another, and not less material, duty is to satisfy those parties that the whole case has been examined and considered.

Many people there are in this kingdom who never see a Gazette to the day of their deaths, and very mischievous would be the consequences if they were bound by a notice inserted in it.

Every irregularity is not erroneous.

It is necessary to the administration of justice that every person who is accused of a crime should have an opportunity of being heard in his defence against the charge of which he is accused.

What a man does in his closet ought not to affect the rights of third persons.

The character of the Judges is public property, and if they have done anything amiss, they ought to be censured. But if not, their characters ought to be respected; otherwise the most mischievous consequences will arise to the public.

It is not for human judgment to dive into the heart of man, to know whether his intentions are good or evil.

Equity will go no further than the law.

In the hurry of business, the most able Judges are liable to err.

There is no magic in words.

The practice of the Court forms the law of the Court.

The family consists of those who live under the same roof with the pater familias; those who form (if I may use the expression) his fire-side.

It is of infinite importance to the public that the acts of magistrates should not only be substantially good, but also that they should be decorous.

The popish religion is now unknown to the law of this country.

No stops are ever inserted in Acts of Parliament, or in deeds; but the Courts of law, in construing them, must read them with such stops as will give effect to the whole.

There are cases where examinations are admitted, namely, before the coroner, and before magistrates in cases of felony. That appears to me to go rather in support of the general rule than in destruction of it. Every exception that can be …

All laws stand on the best and broadest basis which go to enforce moral and social duties.

It is a rule that those who come into a Court of justice to seek redress, must come with clean hands, and must disclose a transaction warranted by law.

There are certain irregularities which are not the subject of criminal law. But when the criminal law happens to be auxiliary to the law of morality, I do not feel any inclination to explain it away.

What is clear to one man may be doubtful to another.

The use of cases is to establish principles; if the cases decide different from the principles, I must follow the principles, not the decisions.