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Bind not the new statutes so to the common law, that their words…

Quote bySir Henry Hobart, 1st Baronet · 1554–1625

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Sheffield v. Ratcliffe (1615), Lord Hobart's Rep. 341..

English (original)

Bind not the new statutes so to the common law, that their words increased for the King's advantage, should be deprived of their force.

— Sir Henry Hobart, 1st Baronet

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