Occupation: Former Lord Chancellor Birth: December 1, 1690 Death: March 6, 1764
That what is agreed to be done, must be considered as done..
Certainty is the mother of repose, and therefore the common law aims at certainty..
A reasonable fine is such as the law will judge to be so . . . but what a reasonable fine is, and who shall be the judge of it, the law has establish….