The Law ... is perfection of reason.
The law compells no man to impossible things. The argument ab impossibili is forcible in law.
The agreement of the parties cannot make that good which the law maketh void.
There must have been good grounds for belief in witchcraft; otherwise Parliament would not have legislated against it.
Common law is common right.
Reason is the life of the law; nay, the common law itself is nothing else but reasonThe law, which is perfection of reason.