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... Royal Assent - Classifica- tion of Acts . 6. Power of House of Commons - Delegation of Legislative Functions - Simplified Form of Legisla- tion 181-197 CHAPTER VIII . JUDICATURE . 1. Judicial power of King - Procedure . 2. Jurisdiction ...
... Royal Assent - Classifica- tion of Acts . 6. Power of House of Commons - Delegation of Legislative Functions - Simplified Form of Legisla- tion 181-197 CHAPTER VIII . JUDICATURE . 1. Judicial power of King - Procedure . 2. Jurisdiction ...
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... Royal Sign - Manual . 6. Personal Influence of the Sovereign - Ministers - Growth of Executive Power - Military Forces 232-264 CHAPTER X. TAXATION . 1. Early English Finance . 2. Feudal Sources of Revenue- Crown Lands - Imposition and ...
... Royal Sign - Manual . 6. Personal Influence of the Sovereign - Ministers - Growth of Executive Power - Military Forces 232-264 CHAPTER X. TAXATION . 1. Early English Finance . 2. Feudal Sources of Revenue- Crown Lands - Imposition and ...
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... royal or national purposes . Forest Laws . - The tyranny arising from an oppres- sive exercise of these powers was , however , far exceeded by that resulting from the forest laws imposed at the Con- quest throughout the old forests ...
... royal or national purposes . Forest Laws . - The tyranny arising from an oppres- sive exercise of these powers was , however , far exceeded by that resulting from the forest laws imposed at the Con- quest throughout the old forests ...
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... royal license , it was sought to check the increasing tendency to carry ecclesiastical appeals to Rome , which was yearly giving the Papal See more and more power over the English Church . The exercise of the power of excommunication ...
... royal license , it was sought to check the increasing tendency to carry ecclesiastical appeals to Rome , which was yearly giving the Papal See more and more power over the English Church . The exercise of the power of excommunication ...
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... royal constables or bailiffs taking a man's crops or 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 ...
... royal constables or bailiffs taking a man's crops or 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 ...
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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...