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... established by the authority of Rome , and were based on her civil law . Hence we find that Roman law remains to this day the groundwork of all the legal systems of Western Europe , except the English . The Angles and Saxons , on the ...
... established by the authority of Rome , and were based on her civil law . Hence we find that Roman law remains to this day the groundwork of all the legal systems of Western Europe , except the English . The Angles and Saxons , on the ...
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... established as a fixed principle , that a man must be commended , as the phrase was , to some lord , or he would be treated as an outlaw . As regards the ceorls , the lord to whom they were commended was determined 3 Hence the modern ...
... established as a fixed principle , that a man must be commended , as the phrase was , to some lord , or he would be treated as an outlaw . As regards the ceorls , the lord to whom they were commended was determined 3 Hence the modern ...
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... established . But the alarm excited in that year by the prospect of a fresh Danish invasion , 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 ...
... established . But the alarm excited in that year by the prospect of a fresh Danish invasion , 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 ...
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... established as a royal bodyguard the yeomen of the guard , whose number , commencing with 50 , ultimately reached 200. And in the following reign was founded the London Artillery Company , a voluntary association for the practice of ...
... established as a royal bodyguard the yeomen of the guard , whose number , commencing with 50 , ultimately reached 200. And in the following reign was founded the London Artillery Company , a voluntary association for the practice of ...
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... establishing chartered companies with exclusive privileges of exercising certain manufactures , as , for in- stance ... established by the Star Chamber in Mary's reign , which restricted the number of presses , and appointed a licenser ...
... establishing chartered companies with exclusive privileges of exercising certain manufactures , as , for in- stance ... established by the Star Chamber in Mary's reign , which restricted the number of presses , and appointed a licenser ...
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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...