Where a man has but one remedy to come at his right, if he loses that he loses his right. - John Holt

We cannot alter the law, we are bound by our oaths to proceed according to the law as it is at present.

It would look very strange, when the Commons of England are so fond of their right of sending representatives to Parliament, that it should be in the power of a sheriff, or other officer, to deprive them of that right, and yet that they should have no remedy; it is a thing to be admired at by all mankind.

An universal custom is a law, and I know no distinction between lex mercatoria and consuetudo mercaborum.