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Page v
... legislative , judicial , executive or administrative , and fiscal . Then , again , they may be classified as civil and ecclesiastical , or as social and political . And the leading divisions may be subdivided ; as , for instance , the ...
... legislative , judicial , executive or administrative , and fiscal . Then , again , they may be classified as civil and ecclesiastical , or as social and political . And the leading divisions may be subdivided ; as , for instance , the ...
Page vii
... the third is traced the mode in which the various branches of government - the legislative , judicial , executive , and fiscal functions - have been distributed among these persons cised by them . and bodies and Preface vii.
... the third is traced the mode in which the various branches of government - the legislative , judicial , executive , and fiscal functions - have been distributed among these persons cised by them . and bodies and Preface vii.
Page xiii
... Legislation . 2. Early Norman Legislation- Early Parliamentary Legislation . 3. Growth of Power of Parliament - Bills - Legislation by King in Council - Sus- pending and Dispensing Powers of the King - Ecclesiastical Legislation . 4 ...
... Legislation . 2. Early Norman Legislation- Early Parliamentary Legislation . 3. Growth of Power of Parliament - Bills - Legislation by King in Council - Sus- pending and Dispensing Powers of the King - Ecclesiastical Legislation . 4 ...
Page 11
... legislation in 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 ...
... legislation in 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 ...
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... legislation . Their utility as money - lenders led to their being given certain privi- leges , but these were more than counterbalanced by the restrictions to which they were subjected ; and in Edw . l's reign the feeling against them ...
... legislation . Their utility as money - lenders led to their being given certain privi- leges , but these were more than counterbalanced by the restrictions to which they were subjected ; and in Edw . l's reign the feeling against them ...
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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...