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... summoned away on military service . But , as has been already said , the Great Charter was not confined to the alleviation of feudal burdens . It contained an explicit stipulation on the far more important subject of personal liberty ...
... summoned away on military service . But , as has been already said , the Great Charter was not confined to the alleviation of feudal burdens . It contained an explicit stipulation on the far more important subject of personal liberty ...
Page 25
... summoned to render personal service was in the expedition against the Scotch in 1640. Their liability to this service was recognised by an Act of that year ( 16 Cha . 1 , c . 28 ) , which after laying down in the preamble that " by the ...
... summoned to render personal service was in the expedition against the Scotch in 1640. Their liability to this service was recognised by an Act of that year ( 16 Cha . 1 , c . 28 ) , which after laying down in the preamble that " by the ...
Page 58
... summoned , or were to refuse to pass a new Mutiny Act , the means of maintaining its discipline would cease . But notwithstand- ing this , so great at the time of the Revolution was the jealousy with which any standing army was regarded ...
... summoned , or were to refuse to pass a new Mutiny Act , the means of maintaining its discipline would cease . But notwithstand- ing this , so great at the time of the Revolution was the jealousy with which any standing army was regarded ...
Page 81
... summoned to attend the courts of the king's justices ; and in these courts , while they were freed from the undue influence of powerful lords which had biassed their decisions in the local courts , that share in judicial functions ...
... summoned to attend the courts of the king's justices ; and in these courts , while they were freed from the undue influence of powerful lords which had biassed their decisions in the local courts , that share in judicial functions ...
Page 105
... summoned to try the action . The Act of 1846 limited the jurisdiction of the new county courts to actions or contracts for not more than £ 20 , or for damages for not more than £ 5 . But their powers have been much enlarged by ...
... summoned to try the action . The Act of 1846 limited the jurisdiction of the new county courts to actions or contracts for not more than £ 20 , or for damages for not more than £ 5 . But their powers have been much enlarged by ...
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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...