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... King . THE ANGLO - SAXON KING at first occupied a posi- Anglo - Saxon tion which was merely personal ; but with the increase of territory , and with the growth of the large kingdoms , the royal power tended to become territorial , and ...
... King . THE ANGLO - SAXON KING at first occupied a posi- Anglo - Saxon tion which was merely personal ; but with the increase of territory , and with the growth of the large kingdoms , the royal power tended to become territorial , and ...
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... King's revenues and lands . The growth of the royal power is marked by changes of title , e.g. , Alfred issues laws ( circ . 890 ) as " King of the West Saxons . " Athelstan ( circ 930 ) as " King of the English , " and Edgar , some ...
... King's revenues and lands . The growth of the royal power is marked by changes of title , e.g. , Alfred issues laws ( circ . 890 ) as " King of the West Saxons . " Athelstan ( circ 930 ) as " King of the English , " and Edgar , some ...
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... King's companion , eldest un- married daughter , or eldest son's wife . 3. Levying war against the King in his realm . " Force , " says Mr. Hallam , " unlawfully directed against the supreme authority constitutes this offence . " The ...
... King's companion , eldest un- married daughter , or eldest son's wife . 3. Levying war against the King in his realm . " Force , " says Mr. Hallam , " unlawfully directed against the supreme authority constitutes this offence . " The ...
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... King's Great or Privy seal . 6. Counterfeiting the King's money , or bringing false money into the realm . 7. Slaying the Chancellor , Treasurer , or Justices whilst discharging their duties . In 1382 , owing to the insurrection of the ...
... King's Great or Privy seal . 6. Counterfeiting the King's money , or bringing false money into the realm . 7. Slaying the Chancellor , Treasurer , or Justices whilst discharging their duties . In 1382 , owing to the insurrection of the ...
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... King . 2. To levy war , or conspire to levy war , against the King to induce him to alter his measures , or for the purpose of overawing Parliament . 3. To treat with any foreigners for the invasion of the King's dominions . 4. To ...
... King . 2. To levy war , or conspire to levy war , against the King to induce him to alter his measures , or for the purpose of overawing Parliament . 3. To treat with any foreigners for the invasion of the King's dominions . 4. To ...
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Page 106 - That the freedom of speech and debates or proceedings in parliament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of parliament.
Page 138 - That no person who has an office or place of profit under the King, or receives a pension from the crown, shall be capable of serving as a member of the house of commons.
Page 46 - The Ministry is, in fact, a committee of leading members of the two Houses. It is nominated by the Crown : but it consists exclusively of statesmen whose opinions on the pressing questions of the time agree, in the main, with the opinions of the majority of the House of Commons.
Page 241 - And what have been the results of agitation upon the legislation of the country? Not a measure has been forced upon Parliament, which the calm judgment of a later time has not since approved : not an agitation has failed, which posterity has not condemned.
Page 43 - Parliament : 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 the 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 309 - ... committed or restrained, unto or before the lord chancellor, or lord keeper of the great seal of England for the time being, or the judges or barons of the said court from whence the said...
Page 234 - ... great and efficacious writ, in all manner of illegal confinement, is that of habeas corpus ad subjiciendum; directed to the person detaining another, and commanding him to produce the body of the prisoner, with the day and cause of his caption and detention, ad faciendum, subjiciendum et recipiendum, to do, submit to and receive whatsoever the judge or court awarding such writ shall consider in that behalf.
Page 177 - And I will that every man be entitled to his hunting in wood and in field, on his own possession. And let every one forego my hunting: take notice where I will have it untrespassed on, under penalty of the full "wite.
Page 96 - And that for redress of all grievances, and for the amending, strengthening, and preserving of the laws, parliament ought to be held frequently.
Page 160 - the matters to be established for the estate of the king and of his heirs, and for the estate of the realm and of the people, should be treated, accorded, and established in parliament, by the king and by the assent of the prelates, earls, and barons, and the commonalty of the realm, according as had been before accustomed.