The statute is like a tyrant; where he comes he makes all v… - Sir Henry Hobart, 1st Baronet

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The statute is like a tyrant; where he comes he makes all void; but the common law is like a nursing father, makes only void that part where the fault is, and preserves the rest.

Sir Henry Hobart, 1st Baronet

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Sir Henry Hobart, 1st Baronet SL (c. 1560 – 29 December 1625), of Blickling Hall, was an English politician who succeeded Sir Edward Coke to become Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas.

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Bind not the new statutes so to the common law, that their words increased for the King's advantage, should be deprived of their force.

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The statute is like a tyrant; where he comes he makes all void; but the common law is like a nursing father, makes only void that part where the faul… - Sir Henry Hobart, 1st Baronet

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