After a hard frost a man might wake in the morning and find he was breaking a covenant. — William Henry Maule Copy Share Image
After a hard frost a man might wake in the morning and find he was breaking a covenant. — William Henry Maule Copy Share Image
Everybody is presumed to know the law except His Majesty's judges, who have a Court of Appeal set over them to put them right. — William Henry Maule Copy Share Image
If a man go into the London Docks sober without means of getting drunk, and comes out of one of the cellars very drunk… — William Henry Maule Copy Share Image
"As the crow flies" - a popular and picturesque expression to denote a straight line. — William Henry Maule Copy Share Image
In the eye of the law no doubt, man and wife are for many purposes one: but that is a strong figurative expression, and… — William Henry Maule Copy Share Image
An enactment for the favour and liberty of the subject ought to have a liberal construction. — William Henry Maule Copy Share Image