Quote#Happiness
It is the glory and happiness of our excellent constitution, that to…
Quote byJohn Pratt · 1657–1725
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: King v. Chancellor, &c, of the University of Cambridge (1720), 1 Str. Rep. 564..
English (original)
It is the glory and happiness of our excellent constitution, that to prevent any injustice no man is to be concluded by the first judgment; but that if he apprehends himself to be aggrieved, he has another Court to which he can resort for relief; for this purpose the law furnishes him with appeals, with writs of error and false judgment.
— John Pratt
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