Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books, Volume 1J.B. Lippincott & Company, 1870 - Law |
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Page 142
... issues out writs to the sheriff of every county , for the election of all the members to serve for that county , and ... issue during a recess . - CHRISTIAN . 49 By the ancient common law of the land , and by the declaration of rights ...
... issues out writs to the sheriff of every county , for the election of all the members to serve for that county , and ... issue during a recess . - CHRISTIAN . 49 By the ancient common law of the land , and by the declaration of rights ...
Page 157
... issue of the reigning monarch ; as it did from king John to Richard II . , through * a regular pedigree of six lineal generations . As in common descents , the preference of males [ * 194 to females , and the right of primogeniture ...
... issue of the reigning monarch ; as it did from king John to Richard II . , through * a regular pedigree of six lineal generations . As in common descents , the preference of males [ * 194 to females , and the right of primogeniture ...
Page 160
... issue , Harold II . usurped the throne ; and almost at the same instant came on the Norman invasion : the right to the crown being all the time in Edgar , sirnamed Atheling , ( which signifies in the Saxon language illustrious , or of ...
... issue , Harold II . usurped the throne ; and almost at the same instant came on the Norman invasion : the right to the crown being all the time in Edgar , sirnamed Atheling , ( which signifies in the Saxon language illustrious , or of ...
Page 161
... issue ) a daughter Margaret , who was married to Malcolm , king of Scotland , and in her the Saxon hereditary right resided . By Malcolm she had several children , and among the rest Matilda the wife of Henry I. , who by him had the ...
... issue ) a daughter Margaret , who was married to Malcolm , king of Scotland , and in her the Saxon hereditary right resided . By Malcolm she had several children , and among the rest Matilda the wife of Henry I. , who by him had the ...
Page 163
... issue of this marriage , succeeded to the crown by clear indisputable hereditary right , and transmitted it to his three children in successive order . But in his reign we at several times find the parliament busy in regulating the ...
... issue of this marriage , succeeded to the crown by clear indisputable hereditary right , and transmitted it to his three children in successive order . But in his reign we at several times find the parliament busy in regulating the ...
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