The constitution of England, with life and notes by J. Macgregor |
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... called a share book . ' After experiencing various vicissitudes of fortune — at one time mingling with the first society in the kingdom and enjoying the hospitalities of the great , or becoming com- paratively rich by gambling and ...
... called a share book . ' After experiencing various vicissitudes of fortune — at one time mingling with the first society in the kingdom and enjoying the hospitalities of the great , or becoming com- paratively rich by gambling and ...
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... called England , which at length were united under Egbert into one kingdom . * The successors of this prince , denominated the Anglo- Saxon princes , among whom Alfred the Great and Edward the Confessor are particularly celebrated ...
... called England , which at length were united under Egbert into one kingdom . * The successors of this prince , denominated the Anglo- Saxon princes , among whom Alfred the Great and Edward the Confessor are particularly celebrated ...
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... called terræ jure beneficii concessa ; and it was not till under Charles le Gros that the term fief began to be in See BENEFICIUM , Gloss . Du Cange . use . Apud Francos vero , sensim pedetentimque , jure hæreditario ad hæredes subinde ...
... called terræ jure beneficii concessa ; and it was not till under Charles le Gros that the term fief began to be in See BENEFICIUM , Gloss . Du Cange . use . Apud Francos vero , sensim pedetentimque , jure hæreditario ad hæredes subinde ...
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... called Aula Regis , * -a formidable tribunal , which received appeals from all the courts of the barons , and decided , in the last resort , on the estates , honour , and lives of the barons themselves ; and which , being wholly ...
... called Aula Regis , * -a formidable tribunal , which received appeals from all the courts of the barons , and decided , in the last resort , on the estates , honour , and lives of the barons themselves ; and which , being wholly ...
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... called upon to defend was a cause common to all ; and they were sensible , besides , that they were the necessary supporters of it . Instructed by the example of their leaders , they spoke and stipulated conditions for themselves : they ...
... called upon to defend was a cause common to all ; and they were sensible , besides , that they were the necessary supporters of it . Instructed by the example of their leaders , they spoke and stipulated conditions for themselves : they ...
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Сторінка 76 - Will you to the utmost of your " power maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the " gospel, and the protestant reformed religion established " by the law ? And will you preserve unto the bishops and " clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to " their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do " or shall appertain unto them, or any of them ? — King " or queen. All this I promise to do.
Сторінка 355 - 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.
Сторінка 353 - It hath sovereign and uncontrollable authority in the making, confirming, enlarging, restraining, abrogating, repealing, reviving, and expounding of laws, concerning matters of all possible denominations, ecclesiastical, or temporal, civil, military, maritime, or criminal ; this being the place where that absolute despotic power, which must in all governments reside somewhere, is intrusted by the constitution of these kingdoms.
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Сторінка 356 - The liberty of the press is indeed essential to the nature of a free state ; but this consists in laying no previous restraints upon publications, and not in freedom from censure for criminal matter, when published. Every freeman has an undoubted right to lay what sentiments he pleases before the public ; to forbid this is to destroy the freedom of the press ; but if he publishes what is improper, mischievous, or illegal, he must take the consequence of his own temerity.
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