Quote#Freedom
The statute is like a tyrant; where he comes he makes all void; but…
Quote bySir Henry Hobart, 1st Baronet · 1554–1625
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Quoted by Sir Thomas Twisden, 1st Baronet, C.J., in Maleverer v. Redshaw (1670), 1 Mod. Rep. 36 ; and by Wilmot, L.C.J., in Collins v. Blantern (1767), 2 Wils. 351..
English (original)
The statute is like a tyrant; where he comes he makes all void; but the common law is like a nursing father, makes only void that part where the fault is, and preserves the rest.
— Sir Henry Hobart, 1st Baronet
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