A Manual of Constitutional History Founded on the Works of Hallam, Creasy, May and Broom: Containing the Fundamental Principles and the Leading Cases in Constitutional Law |
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... Extrinsic Evidence in the Interpretation of Wills . 4th edition . 8vo . 11. cloth . Grant's Law of Corporations in General , as well Aggregate as Sole . Royal 8vo . 26s . boards . Fol U OF CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY , FOUNDED ON THE WORKS.
... Extrinsic Evidence in the Interpretation of Wills . 4th edition . 8vo . 11. cloth . Grant's Law of Corporations in General , as well Aggregate as Sole . Royal 8vo . 26s . boards . Fol U OF CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY , FOUNDED ON THE WORKS.
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... Corporations -Corporations after the Revolution - The Municipal Cor- porations Act - The Corporation of London exempted- The Habeas Corpus Act - Proclamations James II.- - CHAPTER IV . - PART II . - continued . xii CONTENTS .
... Corporations -Corporations after the Revolution - The Municipal Cor- porations Act - The Corporation of London exempted- The Habeas Corpus Act - Proclamations James II.- - CHAPTER IV . - PART II . - continued . xii CONTENTS .
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... corporation has perpetual continuance and succession . By the common law a corporation is as capable of pur- chasing lands as an individual ; yet it always was , and still is , necessary for corporations to have a licence in mortmain ...
... corporation has perpetual continuance and succession . By the common law a corporation is as capable of pur- chasing lands as an individual ; yet it always was , and still is , necessary for corporations to have a licence in mortmain ...
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... corporation . ) Besides the regular payments , which were in general not heavy , they were liable to tallages at the dis- cretion of their lords . Still the towns became considerably richer , for the profits of their traffic were ...
... corporation . ) Besides the regular payments , which were in general not heavy , they were liable to tallages at the dis- cretion of their lords . Still the towns became considerably richer , for the profits of their traffic were ...
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... Corporations became more and more numerous , and the spirit of monopoly gave strength to these institutions , each class of traders forming itself into a body , in order to exclude competition . Thus originated the companies in ...
... Corporations became more and more numerous , and the spirit of monopoly gave strength to these institutions , each class of traders forming itself into a body , in order to exclude competition . Thus originated the companies in ...
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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.