 IT were infinite for the law to judge the causes of causes, and their impulsions one of another: therefore it contenteth itself with the immediate cause; and judgeth of acts by that, without looking to any further degree.  Literary and professional works - Side 189af Francis Bacon - 1864Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Thomas Beven - 1895 - 1072 sider
...sea prox1mo, spectator ; with Lord Bacon 8 paraphrase : * "It were infinite for the law to consider the causes of causes and their impulsions one of another,...cause, and judgeth of acts by that without looking for any further degree." What is a proximo, causa, or immediate cause,2 in law is a matter so largely... | |
 | Frederick Pollock - 1895 - 718 sider
...In iure non remota causa sed proxima spectatur " is Englished in Bacon's constantly cited gloss: " It were infinite for the law to judge the causes of...and their impulsions one of another: therefore it oontenteth itself with the immediate cause; and judgeth of acts by that, without looking to any further... | |
 | William John Tossell - 1913 - 912 sider
...language of Lord Bacon: 'It were infinite for the law to judge the cause of causes and their impulsion one of another; therefore it contenteth itself with the immediate cause and judgeth acts by that without looking to any further degree.' The best statement of the rule is that a wrongdoer... | |
 | 1896 - 1182 sider
...injury. Lord Bacon's maxim that "it were Iowa.) HE1PLE o. REED. infinite for the law to Judge the cause of causes, and their Impulsions one of another; therefore...and Judgeth of acts by that, without looking to any farther degree,"— seems to apply to this character of cases. The instructions of the court below... | |
 | Frederick Pollock - 1897 - 712 sider
..." In iure non remota causa sed proxima spectatur " is Englished in Bacon's constantly cited gloss: "It were infinite for the law to judge the causes of causes, and their impulsions one (/i) For shortness' sake I shall equivalent to "act or default." often use the word "act" alone as... | |
 | Robert Campbell - 1898 - 872 sider
...proxima spectatur. " "It were infinite" (says Bacon, Maxims of the Law, p. 35 of Law Tracts, 1737) " for the law to judge the causes of causes, and their...and judgeth of acts by that, without looking to any farther degree. " Such must be understood to be the mutual intention of the parties to such contracts.... | |
 | Abraham Clark Freeman - 1898 - 1012 sider
...cause of the injury. Lord Bacon's first maxim that "it were infinite for the law to judge the cause of causes, and their impulsions one of another; therefore it contenteth itself with the 888 immediate cause, and judgeth of acts by that, without looking to any farther degree," seems to... | |
 | John Dawson Mayne, Sir Lumley Smith - 1899 - 776 sider
...J.. LR 10 QB 121. (A) See Lord Bacon's maxim : — " It were infinite for the law to judge the cause of causes, and their impulsions one of another: therefore...and judgeth of acts by that, without looking to any farther degree." Bac. Max. Keg. 1, eited by Blackburn, J., in slating the rule of our law to be that... | |
 | Sir William Mitchell - 1881 - 210 sider
...Mr. Justice BYLES quoted Lord BACON to this effect : — " It were infinite for the law to con" sider the causes of causes and their impulsions one " of...the " immediate cause, and judgeth of acts by that with" out looking to any further degree." If this were not so, said the learned Judge, and a ship sailing... | |
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