Reason is the life of the law; nay, the common law itself is nothing else but reasonThe law, which is perfection of reason.
The law compells no man to impossible things. The argument ab impossibili is forcible in law.
The law of the realm cannot be changed but by Parliament.
One threatens the innocent who spares the guilty.
A thing which is not in esse but in apparent expectancy is regarded in law.
The Law ... is perfection of reason.