 | Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals - 1896 - 730 頁
...are beautifully set forth by Lord Camden in the often cited case of Smith v. Clay, 3 Br. Ch. R. 640. "Nothing can call forth this court into activity but conscience, good faith and reasonable diligence. When these are wanting, the court is passive and does nothing. Laches and neglect are always discountenanced."... | |
 | California. District Courts of Appeal - 1922 - 1044 頁
...the statutes of limitation, they have always discountenanced laches and neglect ; and refused their aid to stale demands where the party has slept upon his right, or acquiesced for a great length of time. After a considerable lapse of time, they refuse to interfere,... | |
 | Archibald Hall Throckmorton - 1923 - 640 頁
...Cholmondeley v. Clinton, 2 Jac. & W. 1, 175, and 4 Bligh, 1. where the party slept upon his rights, and acquiesced for a great length of time. Nothing...conscience, good faith, and reasonable diligence.;, where thege are wanting, the court is passiye._and^ does nothing. Laches and neglect are always discountenanced,... | |
 | William John Tossell - 1922 - 760 頁
...3 Brown's Chan., 640, Lord Camden says: 'A court of equity, which is never active in relief against conscience or public convenience, has always refused...stale demands, where the party has slept upon his rights or acquiesced for a great length of time. Nothing can call forth this court into activity but... | |
 | Zechariah Chafee - 1924 - 544 頁
...v. Clay, Ambler 645, Lord Camden said: "A court of equity, which is never active in relief against conscience or public convenience, has always refused...stale demands, where the party has slept upon his rights, and acquiesced for a great length of time. Nothing can call forth this court into activity... | |
 | Charles Albert Keigwin - 1924 - 700 頁
...n.), Lord Camden said (1767) : "A court of equity, which is never active in relief in matters ngainst conscience or public convenience, has always refused...stale demands, where the party has slept upon his rights and acquiesced for a great length of time. Nothing can call forth this court into activity but... | |
 | Charles William Bacon, Franklyn Stanley Morse - 1924 - 424 頁
...for his laches [negligence or dilatoriness] in asserting them. "A court of equity," says Lord Camden, "has always refused its aid to stale demands, where the party has slept upon his rights, and acquiesced for a great length of time. Nothing can call forth this court into activity,... | |
 | Charles Albert Keigwin - 1924 - 814 頁
...convenience, has always refused its aid to stale demands, where the party has slept upon his rights and acquiesced for a great length of time. Nothing can call forth t his_ court intoactuity but conscience, good faith, and reasonable ; where tlieye are wanting the... | |
 | 1893 - 1058 頁
...Lord Oamden in Smith v. Clay, Arab. 645: 'A court of equity, which is never ao tivo in relief against conscience or public convenience, has always refused...party has slept upon his right, and acquiesced for a groat length of time. Nothing can call forth this court into activity, but conscience, good faith,... | |
 | 1891 - 966 頁
...convenience, has always refused its aid to stale demands when the party has slept upon his rights, or acquiesced for a great length of time. Nothing can...conscience, good faith, and reasonable diligence. When these are wanting, the court is passive, and does nothing, and laches and neglect are always discountenanced.'... | |
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Nothing can call forth this court into activity but conscience, good faith, and reasonable diligence. Where these are wanting, the court is passive, and does nothing. Laches and neglect are always discountenanced... 
