I do not wish to shake titles, and I shall do precisely wha… - Nathaniel Lindley, Baron Lindley

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I do not wish to shake titles, and I shall do precisely what our predecessors have always done—leave the case where it is. It is a rock ahead that everybody knows.

Nathaniel Lindley, Baron Lindley

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Nathaniel Lindley, Baron Lindley SL PC FRS (29 November 1828 – 9 December 1921) was an English judge.

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Alternative Names: Nathaniel Lindley • Lindley LJ

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