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... England , required to look to measure of woollen cloths manufactured there , and put a special seal upon them . A loco et domo.From the place and habitation . ALTA proditio.- the state government . << High Treason ; " the crime against ...
... England , required to look to measure of woollen cloths manufactured there , and put a special seal upon them . A loco et domo.From the place and habitation . ALTA proditio.- the state government . << High Treason ; " the crime against ...
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... England justified a proper chas- tisement of the wife by the husband ; and about sixty years since , ajudge at the assizes at Gloucester stated on the trial of a cause that this was still the law , provided the husband used a cane no ...
... England justified a proper chas- tisement of the wife by the husband ; and about sixty years since , ajudge at the assizes at Gloucester stated on the trial of a cause that this was still the law , provided the husband used a cane no ...
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... England ( causa præcontractus ) , the issue of that marriage shall be bastards , so long as the sentence stands unrepealed ; and no proof shall be admitted at common law to the contrary . Vid . Co. Lit. 235. 1 Nels . 674. In such case ...
... England ( causa præcontractus ) , the issue of that marriage shall be bastards , so long as the sentence stands unrepealed ; and no proof shall be admitted at common law to the contrary . Vid . Co. Lit. 235. 1 Nels . 674. In such case ...
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... England , but many years since abolished . CAMPANA.A bell . CAMPI partitio.- " Champerty - a division of the land . ” This is an offence mentioned in the law books - it is the purchasing a right , or pretended right to property , under ...
... England , but many years since abolished . CAMPANA.A bell . CAMPI partitio.- " Champerty - a division of the land . ” This is an offence mentioned in the law books - it is the purchasing a right , or pretended right to property , under ...
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... England . CAPITALIS plegius.The principal pledge . CAPITANEUS . In feudal law , a chief lord or baron of the king ; a leader , a captain . CAPITARE , -In surveying , to head or abut . CAPITILITIUM . -Poll money . CAPITIS æstimatio.A ...
... England . CAPITALIS plegius.The principal pledge . CAPITANEUS . In feudal law , a chief lord or baron of the king ; a leader , a captain . CAPITARE , -In surveying , to head or abut . CAPITILITIUM . -Poll money . CAPITIS æstimatio.A ...
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