Edward Coke quote: It is better, saith the law, to suffer a mischief...

It is better, saith the law, to suffer a mischief that is peculiar to one, than an inconvenience that may prejudice many.

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Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave (1832). “The ... Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England; Or, a Commentary Upon Littleton: Not the Name of the Author Only, But of the Law Itself : Including Also the Notes of Lord Chief Justice Hale and Lord Chancellor Nottingham, and an Analysis of Littleton, Written by an Unknown Hand in 1658 - 9”, p.524

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