Select Statutes, Cases, and Documents to Illustrate English Constitutional History, 1660-1832: With a Supplement from 1832-1894Sir Charles Grant Robertson |
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... evidence . Yearly experience strengthens my conviction that cases in constitutional law , which most historical students not unreasonably find in an epitome dry , unduly technical , frequently repulsive , can be made more attractive ...
... evidence . Yearly experience strengthens my conviction that cases in constitutional law , which most historical students not unreasonably find in an epitome dry , unduly technical , frequently repulsive , can be made more attractive ...
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... evidence ; and if judgment shall be given for the defendant , or if the plaintiff shall become non - suit , . . . then he shall recover double costs . ( 15 Cha . II . c . 4. ) • • ( See Hallam , C.H. iii . 262 et seq .; Clode , Military ...
... evidence ; and if judgment shall be given for the defendant , or if the plaintiff shall become non - suit , . . . then he shall recover double costs . ( 15 Cha . II . c . 4. ) • • ( See Hallam , C.H. iii . 262 et seq .; Clode , Military ...
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... oath the said justice and justices of the peace , are hereby required to administer ) , or by notorious evidence and circumstance 1 Repealed 52 Geo . III . c . 155 , § 1 . · .. of the fact , to make a record of THE SECOND CONVENTICLE ACT ...
... oath the said justice and justices of the peace , are hereby required to administer ) , or by notorious evidence and circumstance 1 Repealed 52 Geo . III . c . 155 , § 1 . · .. of the fact , to make a record of THE SECOND CONVENTICLE ACT ...
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... evidence ; and if the plaintiff be nonsuited , or a verdict pass for the defendant , or if the plaintiff discontinue his action , or if , upon demurrer , judgment be given for the defendant , every such defendant shall have his full ...
... evidence ; and if the plaintiff be nonsuited , or a verdict pass for the defendant , or if the plaintiff discontinue his action , or if , upon demurrer , judgment be given for the defendant , every such defendant shall have his full ...
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... evidence to the jury that shall try the same , which matter being pleaded had been good and sufficient matter in law to have discharged the said defendant or defendants against the said information , suit or action , and the said matter ...
... evidence to the jury that shall try the same , which matter being pleaded had been good and sufficient matter in law to have discharged the said defendant or defendants against the said information , suit or action , and the said matter ...
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Page 82 - ... of the elements of bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ at or after the consecration thereof by any person whatsoever ; and that the invocation or adoration of the Virgin Mary or any other saint, and...
Page 78 - 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.
Page 114 - Our sovereign lord the king chargeth and commandeth all persons, being assembled, immediately to disperse themselves, and peaceably to depart to their habitations, or to their lawful business, upon the pains contained in the act made in the first year of King George, for preventing tumults and riotous assemblies. God save the King.
Page 120 - Britain ; and that the King's Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons of Great Britain, in Parliament assembled, had, hath, and of right ought to have, full Power and Authority to make Laws and Statutes of sufficient Force and Validity to bind the Colonies and People of America, Subjects of the Crown of Great Britain, in all cases whatsoever.
Page 189 - An Act for the further Limitation of the Crown, and better securing the Rights and Liberties of the Subject...
Page 55 - I AB do sincerely promise and swear, That I will be faithful, and bear true allegiance, to their Majesties King William and Queen Mary: So help me God.
Page 162 - Ireland; and that the doctrine, worship, discipline, and government of the said united church shall be, and shall remain in full force for ever, as the same are now by law established for the church of England ; and that the continuance and preservation of the said united church, as the established church of England and Ireland, shall be deemed and taken to be an essential and fundamental part of the Union...
Page 91 - That from and after the time that the further limitation by this act shall take effect, 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 82 - I do solemnly and sincerely, in the presence of God, profess, testify, and declare, that I do make this declaration, and every part thereof, in the plain and ordinary sense of the words read unto me, as they are commonly understood by Protestants, without any evasion, equivocation, or mental reservation whatsoever...
Page 15 - The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, according to the use of the Church of England, together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, pointed as they are to be sung or said in churches : and the form or manner of making, ordaining, and consecrating of bishops, priests, and deacons.