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... Effects of the Conquest - Counties Palatine - Franchises- Control of the Crown - Decline of the old Courts - The Charters -Coroners - Sheriffs - High Constables - Borough Charters- Special Jurisdictions . 3. Sheriffs - Parish Constables ...
... Effects of the Conquest - Counties Palatine - Franchises- Control of the Crown - Decline of the old Courts - The Charters -Coroners - Sheriffs - High Constables - Borough Charters- Special Jurisdictions . 3. Sheriffs - Parish Constables ...
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... effect of its introduction at the Nor- man Conquest upon the condition of the English people . It will be sufficient to observe here that , while in the early Teutonic polity the relations of the people to their rulers and among ...
... effect of its introduction at the Nor- man Conquest upon the condition of the English people . It will be sufficient to observe here that , while in the early Teutonic polity the relations of the people to their rulers and among ...
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... , 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.
... , 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.
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... effect , enabling the previously - born as well as after - born children of the naturalised alien to in- herit land from him , and enabling the man himself to inherit from others . One class of aliens , namely , the Jews , were ...
... effect , enabling the previously - born as well as after - born children of the naturalised alien to in- herit land from him , and enabling the man himself to inherit from others . One class of aliens , namely , the Jews , were ...
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... effects without his consent , or without at once paying their value ; and against the king or any sheriff , or any king's bailiff , or other person using the horses or vehicles , or cutting down the wood of a free man , for ...
... effects without his consent , or without at once paying their value ; and against the king or any sheriff , or any king's bailiff , or other person using the horses or vehicles , or cutting down the wood of a free man , for ...
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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.
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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...