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... lands shall descend only to the heirs male , and never to the heirs female ; " and also to shew " that the lands in question are within that manor " ) is by is by a jury of twelve men , and not by the judges ; except the same particular ...
... lands shall descend only to the heirs male , and never to the heirs female ; " and also to shew " that the lands in question are within that manor " ) is by is by a jury of twelve men , and not by the judges ; except the same particular ...
Page 141
... lands of the nature of gavelkind , where all the sons inherit equally ; yet , upon the king's demise , his eldest son shall succeed to those lands alone . ( r ) And thus much for the second part of the leges non scriptae , or those ...
... lands of the nature of gavelkind , where all the sons inherit equally ; yet , upon the king's demise , his eldest son shall succeed to those lands alone . ( r ) And thus much for the second part of the leges non scriptae , or those ...
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... land in the king and his heirs , saving the right of all persons whatsoever ; or vests the land of A. in the king , saving the right of A .; in either of these cases the saving is totally repugnant to the body of the statute , and ( if ...
... land in the king and his heirs , saving the right of all persons whatsoever ; or vests the land of A. in the king , saving the right of A .; in either of these cases the saving is totally repugnant to the body of the statute , and ( if ...
Page 185
... land . And by a variety of ancient statutes ( 8 ) it is enacted that no man's lands or goods shall be seized into the king's hands , against the great charter , and the law of the land ; and that no man shall be disinherited , nor put ...
... land . And by a variety of ancient statutes ( 8 ) it is enacted that no man's lands or goods shall be seized into the king's hands , against the great charter , and the law of the land ; and that no man shall be disinherited , nor put ...
Page 203
... lands , or other estates : but not for his own use , for the King is thereupon en- titled to them . ( s ) If an alien could acquire perma- nent property in lands , he must owe an allegiance , equally permanent with that property , to ...
... lands , or other estates : but not for his own use , for the King is thereupon en- titled to them . ( s ) If an alien could acquire perma- nent property in lands , he must owe an allegiance , equally permanent with that property , to ...
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Page 228 - They are not : there is nothing which so generally strikes the imagination, and engages the affections of mankind, as the right of property ; or that sole and despotic dominion which one man claims and exercises over the external things of the world, in total exclusion of the right of any other individual in the universe.
Page 117 - From this method of interpreting laws (says Blackstone) by the reason of them, arises what we call equity;" which is thus defined by Grotius, "the correction of that, wherein the law, by reason of its universality, is deficient...
Page 262 - Franchise and liberty are used as synonymous terms; and their definition is (v) a royal privilege, or branch of the king's prerogative, subsisting in the hands of a subject. Being therefore derived from the crown, they must arise from the king's grant; or in some cases may be held by prescription, which as has been frequently said, presupposes a grant.
Page 429 - It is a rule in law, when the ancestor by any gift or conveyance takes an estate of freehold, and in the same gift or conveyance an estate is limited either mediately or immediately to his heirs in fee or in tail; that always in such cases, 'the heirs' are words of limitation of the estate, and not words of purchase.
Page 234 - And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
Page 186 - In this, and similar cases, the Legislature alone can, and indeed frequently does, interpose, and compel the individual to acquiesce. But how does it interpose and compel? Not by absolutely stripping the subject of his property in an arbitrary manner ; but by giving him a full indemnification and equivalent for the injury thereby sustained.
Page 198 - I, AB, do swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to her majesty queen Victoria, her heirs and successors according to law. So help me God ! Affirmation.
Page 526 - It keeps all inferior jurisdictions within the bounds of their authority, and may either remove their proceedings to be determined here, or prohibit their progress below. It superintends all civil corporations in the kingdom. It commands magistrates and others to do what their duty requires, in every case where there is no other specific remedy. It protects the liberty of the subject, by speedy and summary interposition.
Page 317 - Temple speaks, a sort of people in a condition of downright servitude, used and employed in the most servile works, and belonging, both they, their children, and effects, to the lord of the soil, like the rest of the cattle or stock upon it.
Page 165 - The absolute rights of man, considered as a free agent, endowed with discernment to know good from evil, and with power of choosing those measures which appear to him to be most desirable, are usually summed up in one general appellation, and denominated the natural liberty of mankind.