No man can come into a British Court of justice to seek the… - Richard Arden, 1st Baron Alvanley

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No man can come into a British Court of justice to seek the assistance of the law who founds his claim upon a contravention of the British laws.

Richard Arden, 1st Baron Alvanley

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Richard Pepper Arden, 1st Baron Alvanley PC, KC (20 May 1744 – 19 March 1804) was a British barrister and Whig politician, who served as the Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas.

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