Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books, Volume 1J.B. Lippincott & Company, 1870 - Law |
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Page 64
... hath been . Thus the statute of treasons , 25 Edw . III . cap . 2 , doth not make any new species of treasons , but only , for the benefit of the subject , declares and enumerates those several kinds of offence which before were treason ...
... hath been . Thus the statute of treasons , 25 Edw . III . cap . 2 , doth not make any new species of treasons , but only , for the benefit of the subject , declares and enumerates those several kinds of offence which before were treason ...
Page 75
... hath some local peculiarities , derived from the ancient laws of Scotland , ( f ) yet it is clearly part of the realm of England , being represented by burgesses in the house of Commons , and bound by all Acts of the British parliament ...
... hath some local peculiarities , derived from the ancient laws of Scotland , ( f ) yet it is clearly part of the realm of England , being represented by burgesses in the house of Commons , and bound by all Acts of the British parliament ...
Page 123
... hath the force of law ; and all the people of this nation are concluded thereby , although the consent and concurrence of the king or house of peers be not had thereto ; " yet , when the constitution was restored in all its forms , it ...
... hath the force of law ; and all the people of this nation are concluded thereby , although the consent and concurrence of the king or house of peers be not had thereto ; " yet , when the constitution was restored in all its forms , it ...
Page 126
... hath taken the oath of allegiance before the lord steward or his deputy ; and , by 30 Car . II . st . 2 , and 1 Geo . I. c . 13 , " that no member shall vote or sit in either house , till he hath in the presence of the house taken the ...
... hath taken the oath of allegiance before the lord steward or his deputy ; and , by 30 Car . II . st . 2 , and 1 Geo . I. c . 13 , " that no member shall vote or sit in either house , till he hath in the presence of the house taken the ...
Page 127
... hath laws and customs for its direction , some the civil and canon , some the common law , others their own peculiar laws ar customs , so the high court of parliament hath also its own peculiar law , called the lex et consuetudo ...
... hath laws and customs for its direction , some the civil and canon , some the common law , others their own peculiar laws ar customs , so the high court of parliament hath also its own peculiar law , called the lex et consuetudo ...
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