 | Pennsylvania. Constitutional Convention - 1838 - 804 pages
...few of them, sir, ever read, or if they do, remember and exemplify the maxim of Lord Bacon, that " Judges ought to remember that their office is jus...not jus „ dare; to interpret law, and not to make or give law — that they ought to be more learned than witty, more reverend than plausible, and more... | |
 | 1847 - 632 pages
...bounden duty of that judge fearlessly to enforce ; for our readers will probably be of the opinion that " Judges ought to remember that their office is jus...and not jus dare, to interpret law and not to make or give law," least of all to abrogate existing laws ; and that the Judge, — who feared the vituperations... | |
 | 1853 - 706 pages
...error. Essay LIV. Of Vain-glory.— Bee Antith., No. 19. vol. viii. p. 364. Essay L VI. Of Judicature "Judges ought to remember that their office is jus dicere, and not jus (fare."] Compare Aph. 44. and 46., in the eighth book De Augmentis. L. BISHOP SUBNET, H. WHARTON, AND... | |
 | 1870 - 406 pages
...Lord Bacon's Essay," replied Mr. Dexter; "and I will read from the fifty-sixth "Essay on Judicature." "Judges ought to "remember that their office is jus dicere and ' 'not jus dare — to interpret law, not to make it. " Beading several sentences of similar tenor, Mr. Dexter closed the book, replaced... | |
 | Peter Benson Maxwell - 1871 - 382 pages
...1805. 9th March 1867. 2nd Nov. 1853. 10th Nov. 18.>2. Ditto. CHAPTER V. THE CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES. " JUDGES ought to remember that their office is jus...jus dare — to interpret law, and not to make law." — Lord Bacon, Essay on Judicature, The task of interpreting law appears, no doubt, simple enough... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1871 - 664 pages
...Attentively. i Should. ' What. : "Minners are influenced by studies." i Hindcrance. 'Worked. OF JUDICATURE. JUDGES ought to remember that their office is jus dicere, and not "jus dare '' i — to interpret law, and not to make law, or give law — else will it be like the authority... | |
 | James Paterson - 1877 - 538 pages
...every other country where such attention has taken place." — Smith's Wealth of Nations, bv ch. i. " Judges ought to remember that their office is jus dicere, and not jug. dare ,• to interpret law, and not to make law or give law. Else will it be like the authority... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1879 - 356 pages
...Efficient statesmen. 5. But the greatest honour is that of self-sacrifice. LVL— OF JUDICATURE. (1612.) JUDGES ought to remember that their office is jus dicere, and not jus dare;1 to interpret law, and not to make law, or give law; else will it be like the authority claimed... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1879 - 228 pages
...Efficient statesmen. 5. But the greatest honour is that of self-sacrifice. LVL— OF JUDICATURE. (1612.) JUDGES ought to remember that their office is jus dicere, and not jus dare;l to interpret law, and not to make law, or give law; else will it be like the authority claimed... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - 1881 - 104 pages
...Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies." 6 Push is an old word for a pimple or pustule. OF JUDICATURE. JUDGES ought to remember that their office is jus dicere, and not jus dare,—to interpret law, and not to make law, or givo law ; else will it be like the authority claimed... | |
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UDGES ought to remember that \ their office is jus dicere, and not | jus dare ; to interpret law, and I not to make law, or give law. | Else will it be like the authority claimed by the church of Rome ; which, under pretext of exposition of Scripture,... 
