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... comes fights not for glory , but for the princeps . The king then represents but the unity of the tribe , the princeps the authority of the community , the dux the influence of personal pre - eminence . There are at the bottom of the ...
... comes fights not for glory , but for the princeps . The king then represents but the unity of the tribe , the princeps the authority of the community , the dux the influence of personal pre - eminence . There are at the bottom of the ...
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... comes , gesith , thegn , of the king , with jurisdiction over the men of the township , and many of the rights which we associate with feudalism . Where , however , this is the case , the organisation is of the same sort ; the reeve is ...
... comes , gesith , thegn , of the king , with jurisdiction over the men of the township , and many of the rights which we associate with feudalism . Where , however , this is the case , the organisation is of the same sort ; the reeve is ...
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... comes to the princeps in the German , or to that of the client to his patron in the Roman system ; and the double title to the land , either to the emphyteutic tenure of the latter , or to the beneficium of the Merovingian conquerors ...
... comes to the princeps in the German , or to that of the client to his patron in the Roman system ; and the double title to the land , either to the emphyteutic tenure of the latter , or to the beneficium of the Merovingian conquerors ...
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... come into debate ; the king sat in person to hear the complaints of his people , and decided them by the advice of his bishops and judges . It was in a great council that he determined on the resumption of the alienated demesne ; in ...
... come into debate ; the king sat in person to hear the complaints of his people , and decided them by the advice of his bishops and judges . It was in a great council that he determined on the resumption of the alienated demesne ; in ...
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... comes from the pen of one of the greatest statesmen that ever lived . C. JUL . CAESARIS , Comm . de Bello Gallico , VI . 21. Germani multum ab hac ( sc . Gallorum ) consuetudine differunt , nam neque Druides habent , qui rebus divinis ...
... comes from the pen of one of the greatest statesmen that ever lived . C. JUL . CAESARIS , Comm . de Bello Gallico , VI . 21. Germani multum ab hac ( sc . Gallorum ) consuetudine differunt , nam neque Druides habent , qui rebus divinis ...
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Page 526 - I, AB, do swear, That I do from my heart abhor, detest, and abjure as impious and heretical, that damnable doctrine and position, That princes excommunicated or deprived by the pope, or any authority of the see of Rome, may be deposed or murdered by their subjects, or any other whatsoever. And I do declare, That no foreign prince, person, prelate, state, or potentate hath, or ought to have any jurisdiction, power, superiority, pre-eminence, or authority ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm...
Page 524 - That the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of parliament, is against law.
Page 516 - ... divers of your subjects have of late been imprisoned without any cause showed, and when for their deliverance they were brought before your Justices, by your Majesty's writs of Habeas Corpus, there to undergo and receive as the Court should order, and their keepers commanded to certify the causes of their detainer ; no cause was certified, but that they were detained by your Majesty's special command...
Page 524 - That the pretended power of suspending of laws, or the execution of laws, by regal authority, without consent of parliament, is illegal.
Page 524 - That the commission for erecting the late court of commissioners for ecclesiastical causes, and all other commissions and courts of like nature, are illegal and pernicious.
Page 516 - England," it is declared and enacted, that no freeman may be taken or imprisoned or be disseised of his freehold or liberties, or his free customs, or be outlawed or exiled, or in any manner destroyed, but by the lawful judgment of his peers, or by the law of the land.
Page 527 - That all and every person and persons that is, are or shall be reconciled to, or shall hold communion with, the see or church of Rome, or shall profess the popish religion, or shall marry a papist, shall be excluded, and be for ever incapable to inherit, possess, or enjoy the crown and government of this realm...
Page 515 - Yet nevertheless, of late divers Commissions directed to sundry Commissioners in several Counties, with Instructions, have issued; by means whereof Your People have been in divers Places assembled, and required to lend certain Sums of Money unto Your Majesty, and many of them, upon their Refusal...
Page 530 - ... all matters and things relating to the well governing of this kingdom which are properly cognizable in the Privy Council by the laws and customs of this realm shall be transacted there, and all resolutions taken thereupon shall be signed by such of the Privy Council as shall advise and consent to the same.
Page 515 - Statutum de tallagio non concedendo, that no tallage or aid shall be laid or levied by the King or his heirs in this realm, without the good will and assent of the Archbishops, Bishops, Earls, Barons, Knights, Burgesses, and other the freemen of the commonalty of this realm...