"God forbid that Judges upon their oath should make resolutions to enlarge jurisdiction."

"I agree we ought not to incroach or inlarge our jurisdiction; by so doing we usurp both on the right of the Queen and…"

"The rule for jurisdiction is, that nothing shall be intended to be out of the jurisdiction of the superior Court, but…"

"The Court ought never to come to the conclusion that two cases in the same Court, or in Courts of co-ordinate jurisdi…"

"Although our powers are great, they are not unlimited—they are bounded by some lines of demarcation."

"The Court is not hungry after jurisdiction."

"It is part of my duty to expound the jurisdiction of the Court. It is no part of my duty to expand it."

"A total want of jurisdiction cannot be cured by the assent of the parties."

"If the Court does not possess an inherent jurisdiction over the subjectmatter, it is not possible that the consent of…"

"I am extremely unwilling that we should take upon ourselves to exercise a jurisdiction which the law does not vest in…"