The house of every one is to him as his castle and fortress… - Edward Coke

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The house of every one is to him as his castle and fortress, as well for his defence against injury and violence as for his repose.

Edward Coke

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Sir Edward Coke (1 February 1552 – 3 September 1634) was an English Judge and jurist and later a politician whose writings on the English common law were definitive legal texts for some 300 years.

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Reason is the life of the law; nay, the common law itself is nothing else but reason... The law, which is perfection of reason.

When poor England stood alone, and had not the access of another kingdom, and yet had more and as potent enemies as now it hath, and yet the King of England prevailed.

A man's house is his castle — et domus sua cuique est tutissimum refugium.

The house of every one is to him as his castle and fortress, as well for his defence against injury and violence as for his repose. - Edward Coke

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