Quote#Wisdom
That was putting the case in a nutshell. But it is one thing to put a…
Quote byEdward Macnaghten, Baron Macnaghten · 1830–1913
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: On the subject of the rule in Shelley's Case (1 Rep. 104a); reported in James William Norton-Kyshe, Dictionary of Legal Quotations (1904), p. 170..
English (original)
That was putting the case in a nutshell. But it is one thing to put a case like Shelley's in a nutshell and another thing to keep it there.
— Edward Macnaghten, Baron Macnaghten
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