The Political State of the British Empire: Containing a General View of the Domestic and Foreign Possessions of the Crown; the Laws, Commerce, Revenues, Offices, and Other Establishments, Civil and Military, Volume 1T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1818 - Commonwealth of Nations |
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Page 30
... living by the water or fea fide . It is that diftrict which , in the time of the Romans , was inhabited by the Durotriges ; a name purely British , com- pounded of Dour , water , and Trig , an inhabitant . It is defcribed by five ...
... living by the water or fea fide . It is that diftrict which , in the time of the Romans , was inhabited by the Durotriges ; a name purely British , com- pounded of Dour , water , and Trig , an inhabitant . It is defcribed by five ...
Page 155
... living under the protection of our king , may , in respect of that local allegiance which they owe to him , be guilty of high treafon ; but aliens who , in a hoftile manner , invade the king- dom , whether their king were at war or ...
... living under the protection of our king , may , in respect of that local allegiance which they owe to him , be guilty of high treafon ; but aliens who , in a hoftile manner , invade the king- dom , whether their king were at war or ...
Page 193
... living , lord of the manor or foil , or in any other manner ; here , as it is the duty of his fervants to acquaint him with the purport of fuch bills , and to take care that his property or intereft may be fecured , or that he may have ...
... living , lord of the manor or foil , or in any other manner ; here , as it is the duty of his fervants to acquaint him with the purport of fuch bills , and to take care that his property or intereft may be fecured , or that he may have ...
Page 305
... living in England ; and that whoever fhould disturb any patron in the presentation to a living by virtue of a papal pro- vifion , fhould pay fine and ransom to the king at his will , and be imprisoned till he renounced fuch provifion ...
... living in England ; and that whoever fhould disturb any patron in the presentation to a living by virtue of a papal pro- vifion , fhould pay fine and ransom to the king at his will , and be imprisoned till he renounced fuch provifion ...
Page 306
... living by any foreign provifion , are put out of the king's protection , and the benefice made void ; to this the ftatute 13 Ric . II . ft . ii . c . 2 . adds banishment and forfeiture of lands and goods i and by c . 3 . of the fame ...
... living by any foreign provifion , are put out of the king's protection , and the benefice made void ; to this the ftatute 13 Ric . II . ft . ii . c . 2 . adds banishment and forfeiture of lands and goods i and by c . 3 . of the fame ...
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Page 153 - Our political system is placed in a just correspondence and symmetry with the order of the world, and with the mode of existence decreed to a permanent body composed of transitory parts ; wherein, by the disposition of a stupendous wisdom, moulding together the great mysterious incorporation of the human race...
Page xxviii - Parent or Parents, or any other Person having the lawful Care or Charge of such Child...
Page 146 - That King James the Second, having endeavoured to subvert the Constitution of the kingdom, by breaking the original contract between king and people ; and, by the advice of Jesuits and other wicked persons, having violated the fundamental laws; and having withdrawn himself out of the kingdom, has abdicated the government, and that the throne is thereby vacant.
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