Eureka Reporter | 1905-04-14 | Page 7 | "Glorious Uncertainty of Law."

glorious uncertainty of law it Is said this phrase originated with a london lawyer named wilbra ham at a dinner of judges and conn eel held at sergeants Serje ants hall london n 1756 shortly after the elevation ot william murray lord mansfield to lord chief and a bar any the toast of the glorious memory of king william having been honored according to the then pre manner mr wilbraham Wll braham pro posed amid great laughter the glorious uncertainty of the law in sarcastic allusion to lord mansfield a frequent reversals of decisions