Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books, Volume 4Callaghan, 1876 - Law |
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... oaths , and either acquitted the guilty or mitigated the nature of the offence ; and judges , through compassion , respited one half of the convicts , and recommended them to the royal mercy . Among so many chances of escaping , the ...
... oaths , and either acquitted the guilty or mitigated the nature of the offence ; and judges , through compassion , respited one half of the convicts , and recommended them to the royal mercy . Among so many chances of escaping , the ...
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... oaths ; which call God to witness the truth of those facts , which perhaps may be only known to him and the party attesting all moral evidence , therefore , all confidence in human veracity , must be weakened by apostacy , and ...
... oaths ; which call God to witness the truth of those facts , which perhaps may be only known to him and the party attesting all moral evidence , therefore , all confidence in human veracity , must be weakened by apostacy , and ...
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... received the sacrament of the Lord's Supper according to the rites of the Church of England ; and he was also enjoined to take the oaths of allegiance But this point being once secured , all persecution for OFFENCES AGAINST RELIGION . 41.
... received the sacrament of the Lord's Supper according to the rites of the Church of England ; and he was also enjoined to take the oaths of allegiance But this point being once secured , all persecution for OFFENCES AGAINST RELIGION . 41.
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... oath of office : or , in default of either of these requisites , such election was void . The other , called the Test Act , directed all officers , civil and military , to take the oaths and make the declaration against transubstantia ...
... oath of office : or , in default of either of these requisites , such election was void . The other , called the Test Act , directed all officers , civil and military , to take the oaths and make the declaration against transubstantia ...
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... oaths , was guilty of high treason ; and all persons har- bouring him were guilty of felony without the benefit of clergy . Of these laws ' the President Montesquieu observes , ' that they were so rigorous , though not professedly of ...
... oaths , was guilty of high treason ; and all persons har- bouring him were guilty of felony without the benefit of clergy . Of these laws ' the President Montesquieu observes , ' that they were so rigorous , though not professedly of ...
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