Top 3 Quotes & Sayings by Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke

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Last updated on November 16, 2024.
Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke

Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, was an English lawyer and politician who served as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. He was a close confidant of the Duke of Newcastle, Prime Minister between 1754 and 1756 and 1757 until 1762.

Certainty is the mother of repose, and therefore the common law aims at certainty. — © Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke
Certainty is the mother of repose, and therefore the common law aims at certainty.
That what is agreed to be done, must be considered as done.
A reasonable fine is such as the law will judge to be so . . . but what a reasonable fine is, and who shall be the judge of it, the law has established no rule.
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