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Page 11
... their favour , but was the indirect effect of various causes , among which may be reckoned the subin- feudation and transfers and leases of land , which severed the connection between the villein and his original lord ; The People II.
... their favour , but was the indirect effect of various causes , among which may be reckoned the subin- feudation and transfers and leases of land , which severed the connection between the villein and his original lord ; The People II.
Page 16
... caused attention to be directed to the defenceless state of the country , and no doubt gave a con- siderable impetus to the completion of the feudal parti- tion of land in the country . This partition was ultimately so far developed by ...
... caused attention to be directed to the defenceless state of the country , and no doubt gave a con- siderable impetus to the completion of the feudal parti- tion of land in the country . This partition was ultimately so far developed by ...
Page 20
... causes , to the increased facilities for the alienation and transfer of land . In Hen . 8's reign the power of alienating land from the legal heir by will was at last conceded , though with some qualifications ; but it had before that ...
... causes , to the increased facilities for the alienation and transfer of land . In Hen . 8's reign the power of alienating land from the legal heir by will was at last conceded , though with some qualifications ; but it had before that ...
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... causes before alluded to as tending to the extinction of villenage had before the Reformation operated so powerfully in that direc- tion , that in Edw . 6's reign no instance of a villein in gross was known throughout the country , and ...
... causes before alluded to as tending to the extinction of villenage had before the Reformation operated so powerfully in that direc- tion , that in Edw . 6's reign no instance of a villein in gross was known throughout the country , and ...
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... cause shown ; and that when for their deliverance they were brought before the king's justices by writ of habeas corpus , and their keepers com- manded to certify the causes of their detainer , no cause was shown but that they were ...
... cause shown ; and that when for their deliverance they were brought before the king's justices by writ of habeas corpus , and their keepers com- manded to certify the causes of their detainer , no cause was shown but that they were ...
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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...