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... term , since , considered singly , he is subject to the sovereign body of which he is merely a limb ; and a monarch , pro- perly so called , is supreme . Limited monarchy , therefore , is not monarchy but one of the forms of aristocracy ...
... term , since , considered singly , he is subject to the sovereign body of which he is merely a limb ; and a monarch , pro- perly so called , is supreme . Limited monarchy , therefore , is not monarchy but one of the forms of aristocracy ...
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... terms of the original grant or by immemorial usage . Some took cognizance of all crimes committed within their soke ; the jurisdic- tion of others was confined to offences of a par- ticular description . Some might summon every ...
... terms of the original grant or by immemorial usage . Some took cognizance of all crimes committed within their soke ; the jurisdic- tion of others was confined to offences of a par- ticular description . Some might summon every ...
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... term for which it had been granted , it reverted to the community , and was again dis- tributed by the same authority . Bocland was held by book or charter . It was land that had been severed by an act of government from the folcland ...
... term for which it had been granted , it reverted to the community , and was again dis- tributed by the same authority . Bocland was held by book or charter . It was land that had been severed by an act of government from the folcland ...
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... terms the detestable profligacy and unscrupulous ambition of this monarch , accord him some praise for his partial re - establishment of the Saxon laws , and also for having granted a charter which paved the way for that series of ...
... terms the detestable profligacy and unscrupulous ambition of this monarch , accord him some praise for his partial re - establishment of the Saxon laws , and also for having granted a charter which paved the way for that series of ...
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... being included , and even the corporations aggregate managed to creep out of the statute by taking leases for long terms , a thou- Gifts in mort- veyances . main for- bidden by statute FROM WILLIAM I. TO THE BATTLE OF BOSWORTH . 53.
... being included , and even the corporations aggregate managed to creep out of the statute by taking leases for long terms , a thou- Gifts in mort- veyances . main for- bidden by statute FROM WILLIAM I. TO THE BATTLE OF BOSWORTH . 53.
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Page 48 - No FREEMAN SHALL BE TAKEN OR IMPRISONED, OR BE DISSEISED OF HIS FREEHOLD, OR LIBERTIES, OR FREE CUSTOMS, OR BE OUTLAWED, OR EXILED, OR ANY OTHERWISE DESTROYED ; NOR WILL WE PASS UPON HIM, NOR SEND UPON HIM, BUT BY LAWFUL JUDGMENT OF HIS PEERS, OR BY THE LAW OF THE LAND. WE WILL SELL TO NO MAN, WE WILL NOT DENY OR DELAY TO ANY MAN, JUSTICE OR RIGHT.* " It is obvious,
Page viii - The torch shall be extinguish'd which hath lit My midnight lamp— and what is writ, is writ; Would it were worthier; but I am not now That which I have been — and my visions flit Less palpably before me — and the glow Which in my spirit dwelt is fluttering, faint, and low.
Page 216 - That it is the right of the subjects to petition the king ; and all commitments and prosecutions for such petitioning are illegal.
Page 229 - Judges' Commissions be made Quamdiu se bene gesserint, and their salaries ascertained and established ; but upon the Address of both Houses of Parliament it may be lawful to remove them.
Page 49 - Whether courts of justice framed the writ of Habeas Corpus in conformity to the spirit of this clause, or found it already in their register, it became from that era the right of every subject to demand it.
Page 48 - No freeman shall be taken or imprisoned, or be disseised of his freehold, or liberties, or free customs, or be outlawed or exiled, or any otherwise destroyed, nor will we pass upon him, nor condemn him, but by lawful judgment of his peers, or by the law of the land.
Page 232 - This sweeping clause of the Act of Settlement never came into operation. It was repealed in the fourth year of Anne's reign. Another Act on the subject was passed in the same reign, by which every member of the House of Commons...
Page 229 - That no person who has an office or place of profit under the king, or receives a pension from the crown, shall be capable of serving as member of the house of commons...
Page 220 - ... upon the whole matter in issue : Be it therefore declared and enacted . . . That, on every such trial, the jury sworn to try the issue may give a general verdict of Guilty or Not Guilty upon the whole Matter put in issue upon such indictment or information...
Page 167 - They had remonstrated against the usurped prerogatives of binding the subject by proclamation, and of levying customs at the out-ports. They had secured, beyond controversy, their exclusive privilege of determining contested elections of their members. "Of these advantages, some were evidently incomplete, and it would require the most vigorous exertions of future parliaments to realize them.