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... administration of affairs ; and how the fiscal depart- ment , which hardly existed in a primitive state of things , gradually rose to such importance , that it became the arena of some of the severest struggles for the personal rights ...
... administration of affairs ; and how the fiscal depart- ment , which hardly existed in a primitive state of things , gradually rose to such importance , that it became the arena of some of the severest struggles for the personal rights ...
Page 41
... administration , on taking office in 1812 , that Roman Catholic emancipation should be an open ques- tion . In that year an Act was passed which rendered it unnecessary for persons officiating in certified meet- ing - houses to take the ...
... administration , on taking office in 1812 , that Roman Catholic emancipation should be an open ques- tion . In that year an Act was passed which rendered it unnecessary for persons officiating in certified meet- ing - houses to take the ...
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... administration of affairs was devolved upon the nobles , the whole mass of the people was entrusted with judicial and legislative powers . For the exercise of these powers every defined community , whether large or small , had its gemot ...
... administration of affairs was devolved upon the nobles , the whole mass of the people was entrusted with judicial and legislative powers . For the exercise of these powers every defined community , whether large or small , had its gemot ...
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... administration , was established on a definite and permanent basis in the reign of Edw . 3 . Even before that time there had been occasionally appointed local conservators of the peace , independently of those who , like the sheriffs ...
... administration , was established on a definite and permanent basis in the reign of Edw . 3 . Even before that time there had been occasionally appointed local conservators of the peace , independently of those who , like the sheriffs ...
Page 88
... administration of criminal justice , and frauds in the transfer of landed property in the county . To remedy these evils , st . 37 Hen . 8 , c . 1 , enacted that the custos rotulorum should , except in coun- ties palatine , be appointed ...
... administration of criminal justice , and frauds in the transfer of landed property in the county . To remedy these evils , st . 37 Hen . 8 , c . 1 , enacted that the custos rotulorum should , except in coun- ties palatine , be appointed ...
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Page 282 - That levying money for or to the use of the Crown by pretence of prerogative, without grant of parliament, for longer time or in other manner than the same is or shall be granted, is illegal.
Page 136 - ... invaded the fundamental constitution of the kingdom, and altered it from a legal limited monarchy to an arbitrary despotic power...
Page 277 - Majesty, that no man hereafter be compelled to make or yield any gift, loan, benevolence, tax, or such like charge, without common consent by act of Parliament...