Judgment
The holding of the case can best be summed by Coke's words,
| “ | In all cases when the King is party, the sheriff may break the party's house, either to arrest him, or to do other execution of the K's process, if otherwise he cannot enter. But before he breaks it, he ought to signify the cause of his coming, and to make request to open doors… | ” |
The case is also famous for Coke's quote;
| “ | the house of every one is to him as his castle and fortress, as well for his defence against injury and violence as for his repose. | ” |
which became the popular proverb "an Englishman's home is his castle"
Read more about this topic: Semayne's Case
Famous quotes containing the word judgment:
“I am absent altogether too much to be a suitable instructor for a law-student. When a man has reached the age that Mr. Widner has, and has already been doing for himself, my judgment is, that he reads the books for himself without an instructor. That is precisely the way I came to the law.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)
“To my judgment your highness is not entertained with that ceremonious affection as you were wont.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“You must not be partial in judging: hear out the small and the great alike; you shall not be intimidated by anyone, for the judgment is God’s.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Deuteronomy 1:17.