Crabbed and obscure definitions are of no use beyond a narrow circle of students, of whom probably every one has a pet one of his own.
More Quotes by Frederick Pollock
The practice of the law is a perfectly distinct art.
It is odd how learned persons fail to see that new terms and definitions are apt to mean new doubts and litigation.
The oldest theory of contract is I think negative.
Yet when one suspects that a man knows something about life that one hasn't heard before one is uneasy until one has found out what he has to say.
It is strange how little harm bad codes do.
Medieval justice was a quaint thing.