Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books, Volume 2G.W. Childs, 1866 - Great Britain |
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... king's consent in the two former is ex- pressly , and in the latter impliedly , given . In all these courts the king is sup . posed in contemplation of law to be always present ; but , as that is in fact impossible , he is there ...
... king's consent in the two former is ex- pressly , and in the latter impliedly , given . In all these courts the king is sup . posed in contemplation of law to be always present ; but , as that is in fact impossible , he is there ...
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... king Charles II . ( x ) These king's counsel answer , in some measure , to the advocates of the revenue , advocati fisci , among the Romans . For they must not be employed in any cause against the crown without special license ; in ...
... king Charles II . ( x ) These king's counsel answer , in some measure , to the advocates of the revenue , advocati fisci , among the Romans . For they must not be employed in any cause against the crown without special license ; in ...
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... king's counsel , and together with them sit within the bar of the respective courts ; but receive no salaries , and ... king's premier serjeant , ( so constituted by special patent . ) 2. The king's ancient serjeant , or the eldest among ...
... king's counsel , and together with them sit within the bar of the respective courts ; but receive no salaries , and ... king's premier serjeant , ( so constituted by special patent . ) 2. The king's ancient serjeant , or the eldest among ...
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... king's great officers of state resident in his palace , and usually attendant on his person ; such as the lord high constable and lord mareschal , who chiefly presided in matters of honour and of arms ; determining according to the law ...
... king's great officers of state resident in his palace , and usually attendant on his person ; such as the lord high constable and lord mareschal , who chiefly presided in matters of honour and of arms ; determining according to the law ...
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... king's revenue ; and the court of king's bench retaining all the jurisdiction which was not cantoned out to other courts , and particularly the superintendence of all the rest by way of appeal ; and the sole cognizance of pleas of the ...
... king's revenue ; and the court of king's bench retaining all the jurisdiction which was not cantoned out to other courts , and particularly the superintendence of all the rest by way of appeal ; and the sole cognizance of pleas of the ...
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Page 53 - States shall be divided or appropriated : of granting letters of marque and reprisal, in times of peace : appointing courts for the trial of piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and establishing courts for receiving and determining finally appeals in all cases of captures ; provided, that no member of congress shall be appointed a judge of any of the said courts.
Page 461 - when a person of sound memory and discretion unlawfully killeth any reasonable creature in being, and under the king's peace, with malice aforethought, either express or implied.
Page 76 - Majesty's dominions, to take cognizance of, and judicially proceed upon all and all manner of captures, seizures, prizes and reprisals of all ships and goods, that are or shall be taken, and to hear and determine the same ; and.
Page 83 - And these may be reduced to three principal or primary articles ; the right of personal security, the right of personal liberty and the right of private property...
Page 461 - So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
Page 436 - Provided always, that if upon the Trial of any Person indicted for such Misdemeanor it shall be proved that he obtained the Property in question in any such Manner as to amount in Law to Larceny, he shall not by reason thereof be entitled to be acquitted of such Misdemeanor; and no such Indictment shall be removable by Certiorari; and no Person tried for such Misdemeanor shall be liable to be afterwards prosecuted for Larceny upon the same Facts.
Page 149 - ... obtained shall immediately afterwards certify on the back of the record, or on the writ of trial or writ of inquiry, that the action was really brought to try a right besides the mere right to recover damages for the trespass or grievance for which the action shall have been brought, or that the trespass or grievance in respect of which the action was brought was wilful and malicious.
Page 79 - Exchequer; directed to the judge and parties, of a suit in any inferior court, commanding them to cease from the prosecution thereof, upon a suggestion , that either the cause originally, or some collateral matter arising therein, does not belong to that jurisdiction, but to the cognizance of some other court.
Page 440 - I mean the due regulation and domestic order of the kingdom, whereby the individuals of the state, like members of a well-governed family, are bound to conform their general behavior to the rules of propriety, good neighborhood and good manners, and to be decent, industrious and inoffensive in their respective stations.
Page 384 - ... if war be actually levied, that is, if a body of men be assembled, for the purpose of effecting by force a treasonable purpose, all those who perform any part, however minute, or however remote from the scene of action, and who are actually leagued in the general conspiracy, are to be considered as traitors.