A thing which is not in esse but in apparent expectancy is regarded in law.

There must have been good grounds for belief in witchcraft; otherwise Parliament would not have legislated against it.

We should speak as the populace but think as the learned.

For a man's house is his castle.

A thing which is not in esse but in apparent expectancy is regarded in law.

Reason is the life of the law.

The agreement of the parties cannot make that good which the law maketh void.