Edward Coke
Edward Coke
Sir Edward Coke SL PC, formerly /ˈkuːk/; 1 February 1552 – 3 September 1634) was an English barrister, judge and, later, opposition politician, who is considered to be the greatest jurist of the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras. Born into a middle-class family, Coke was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, before leaving to study at the Inner Temple, where he was called to the Bar on 20 April 1578. As a barrister he took part in several notable cases, including Slade's Case,...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth1 February 1552
Everyone thirsteth after gaine.
A corporation has no soul.
Common law is common right.
Don't quote the distinction, for the honour of my lord Coke.
We have a saying in the House of Commons; that old ways are the safest and surest ways.
A thing which is not in esse but in apparent expectancy is regarded in law.
There must have been good grounds for belief in witchcraft; otherwise Parliament would not have legislated against it.
The Law ... is perfection of reason.
Fraud and deceit abound in these days more than in former times.
In the meane time know this, that the learning of warranties is one of the most curious and cunning learnings of the law, and of great use and consequence.
Where there are many counsellors there is safety.
That Francis Bacon retains his reputation gained, is not strange to any that knows him. The unusual words wherewith he had spangled his speech, were rather gracious for their propriety than strange for their novelty, and like to serve both for occasions to report and means to remember his argument. Certain sentences of his , somewhat obscure, and as it were presuming upon their capacities will, I fear, make some of them rather admire than commend him. In sum, all is as well as words can make it, and if it please Her Majesty to add deeds, the Bacon may be too hard for the Cook.
Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale
The cause ceasing, the effect ceases also