The constitution of England, with life and notes by J. Macgregor |
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Jean Louis de Lolme. FEUDAL GOVERNMENT OF ENGLAND . 21 power of the king which made England free , because it was this very excess that gave rise to the spirit of union , and of concerted resistance . Possessed of extensive demesnes , the ...
Jean Louis de Lolme. FEUDAL GOVERNMENT OF ENGLAND . 21 power of the king which made England free , because it was this very excess that gave rise to the spirit of union , and of concerted resistance . Possessed of extensive demesnes , the ...
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... kings ; that it faintly reappeared under the third ; and that it became the law of the realm by humbling a tyrant , less than two years before the death of John , who may be con- sidered the last king of the Norman period of British ...
... kings ; that it faintly reappeared under the third ; and that it became the law of the realm by humbling a tyrant , less than two years before the death of John , who may be con- sidered the last king of the Norman period of British ...
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... King John . The royal prerogative , and the forest laws , having been exerted by this prince to a degree of excessive severity , he soon beheld a general confederacy formed against him : -and here we must observe another circumstance ...
... King John . The royal prerogative , and the forest laws , having been exerted by this prince to a degree of excessive severity , he soon beheld a general confederacy formed against him : -and here we must observe another circumstance ...
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... king then being , that neither he nor his successors should any way encroach upon them ; and it cannot be said that the power of the king is diminished by it or any other law , for as he is king only by law , the law may confer the ...
... king then being , that neither he nor his successors should any way encroach upon them ; and it cannot be said that the power of the king is diminished by it or any other law , for as he is king only by law , the law may confer the ...
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... king and the nobles rendered Eng- land a scene of confusion . Amidst the vicissitudes which the fortune of war produced in their mutual conflicts , the people became still more and more sensible of their import- ance , and so did , in ...
... king and the nobles rendered Eng- land a scene of confusion . Amidst the vicissitudes which the fortune of war produced in their mutual conflicts , the people became still more and more sensible of their import- ance , and so did , in ...
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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 352 - The power and jurisdiction of parliament, says Sir Edward Coke, is so transcendent and absolute that it cannot be confined. either for causes or persons, within any bounds.
Сторінка 76 - The things which I have here before promised I will perform and keep : so help me God :" and then shall kiss the book (12).
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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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