John Powell

Sir John Powell (1645 - 14 June 1713) was an English politician, lawyer and later judge. He was the Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Gloucester from 1685 to 1689.

Quotes

 * Let us consider the reason of the case. For nothing is law that is not reason.
 * Coggs vs. Bernard, Lord Raymond, 911, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Compare: "Reason is the life of the law; nay, the common law itself is nothing else but reason... The law, which is perfection of reason", Edward Coke, First Institute of the Lawes of England (1628).


 * We can judge the intent of the parties only by their words.
 * Idle v. Cooke (1704), 2 Raym. 1149.