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... declaration of innocence . These consisted of twelve friends and neighbours of the accused , who vouched , by their ... declared , respectively , the ecclesiastical and municipal law . These courts had jurisdiction in criminal matters ...
... declaration of innocence . These consisted of twelve friends and neighbours of the accused , who vouched , by their ... declared , respectively , the ecclesiastical and municipal law . These courts had jurisdiction in criminal matters ...
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... declared himself to be the man , l'homme , or ( in law Latin ) baro , of the king , they ac- 1 Littleton , 64 . 2 A derivative from suivre , to follow , -hence ' suitors . ' 3 See ' Modus Tenendi Parliamentum ' ( 1671 ) , p . 4 ...
... declared himself to be the man , l'homme , or ( in law Latin ) baro , of the king , they ac- 1 Littleton , 64 . 2 A derivative from suivre , to follow , -hence ' suitors . ' 3 See ' Modus Tenendi Parliamentum ' ( 1671 ) , p . 4 ...
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... declaring that the County Court shall be holden but from month to month , -that the Sheriff shall keep his Turn in ... declared that it shall not be lawful from thenceforth to any to give his lands to any religious house , and to take ...
... declaring that the County Court shall be holden but from month to month , -that the Sheriff shall keep his Turn in ... declared that it shall not be lawful from thenceforth to any to give his lands to any religious house , and to take ...
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... declare to the people , that he had confirmed them in all points ; and that " the justices , sheriffs , mayors , and other ... declared that " judgments con- trary to the points of the charters , should be undone and holden for nought ...
... declare to the people , that he had confirmed them in all points ; and that " the justices , sheriffs , mayors , and other ... declared that " judgments con- trary to the points of the charters , should be undone and holden for nought ...
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... declare , at the opening of parliament , the purposes for which it was assembled ; and also to open parliament ( as ... declared by William Inge , a justice of the 1 Rotuli Parliamentorum , 33 Edward I. 2 Rot . Parl . , Edward III . , p ...
... declare , at the opening of parliament , the purposes for which it was assembled ; and also to open parliament ( as ... declared by William Inge , a justice of the 1 Rotuli Parliamentorum , 33 Edward I. 2 Rot . Parl . , Edward III . , p ...
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Page 444 - An Act for the further Limitation of the Crown, and better securing the Rights and Liberties of the Subject...
Page 444 - I, AB, do swear that I do from my heart abhor, detest, and abjure as impious and heretical, that damnable doctrine and position that princes excommunicated or deprived by the pope, or any authority of the see of Rome, may be deposed or murdered by their subjects, or any other whatsoever. And I do declare that no foreign prince, person, prelate, state, or potentate hath, or ought to have, any jurisdiction, power, superiority, preeminence, or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm...
Page 118 - No freeman (says the 29th chapter of Henry III.7s charter, which, as the existing law, I quote in preference to that of John, the variations not being very material) shall be taken or imprisoned, or be disseised of his freehold, or liberties, or free customs, or be outlawed, or exiled, or. any otherwise destroyed ; nor will we pass upon him, nor send upon him, but by lawful judgment of his peers, or by the law of the land.* We will sell to no man, we will not deny, or delay to any man justice or...
Page 60 - No FREEMAN SHALL BE TAKEN OR IMPRISONED, OR BE DISSEISED OF HIS FREEHOLD, OR LIBERTIES, OR FREE CUSTOMS, OR BE OUTLAWED, OR EXILED, OR ANY OTHERWISE DESTROYED ; NOR WILL WE PASS UPON HIM, NOR SEND UPON HIM, BUT BY LAWFUL JUDGMENT OF HIS PEERS, OR BY THE LAW OF THE LAND.
Page 482 - It hath sovereign and uncontrollable authority in the making, confirming, enlarging, restraining, abrogating, repealing, reviving, and expounding of laws, concerning matters of all possible denominations, ecclesiastical, or temporal, civil, military, maritime, or criminal ; this being the place where that absolute despotic power, which must in all governments reside somewhere, is intrusted by the constitution of these kingdoms.
Page 287 - The King willeth that right be done according to the laws and customs of the realm ; and that the statutes be put in due execution, that his subjects may have no cause to complain of any wrong or oppressions, contrary to their just rights and liberties, to the preservation whereof he holds himself as well obliged as of his prerogative.
Page 285 - And whereas no offender of what kind soever is exempted from the proceedings to be used and punishments to be inflicted by the laws and statutes of this your realm, nevertheless of late time divers commissions under your Majesty's Great Seal have issued forth by which certain persons have been assigned and appointed commissioners with power and authority to proceed within the land according to the justice of martial law...
Page 429 - By issuing and causing to be executed a commission under the great seal for erecting a court, called the court of commissioners for ecclesiastical causes.
Page 239 - And the like power have Kings: they make and unmake their subjects: they have power of raising, and casting down: of life and of death: Judges over all their subjects, and in all causes, and yet accountable to none but God only.
Page 430 - By raising and keeping a standing army within this kingdom in time of peace, without consent of Parliament, and quartering soldiers contrary to law.