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A Court has no right to strain the law because it causes hardship

Quote byJohn Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge · 1820–1894

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Body v. Halse (1891) L. R. 1 Q. B. [1892], p. 207..

English (original)

A Court has no right to strain the law because it causes hardship.

— John Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge

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