A Manual of the English Constitution: With a Review of Its Rise, Growth, and Present StateJohn Murray, 1859 - 588 Seiten |
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... James Mackintosh , in his History of England , has the following remark : - " Many parts of the Great Charter were pointed against the abuses of the power of the King as Lord Paramount , and have lost their importance since the downfall ...
... James Mackintosh , in his History of England , has the following remark : - " Many parts of the Great Charter were pointed against the abuses of the power of the King as Lord Paramount , and have lost their importance since the downfall ...
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... , and deprived them of its advantage . The privilege of sanctuary was abolished by statute in the reign of James I. , but " Benefit of Clergy " was not altogether abolished until 1827 . dark ages ; as the power subsists and rules in.
... , and deprived them of its advantage . The privilege of sanctuary was abolished by statute in the reign of James I. , but " Benefit of Clergy " was not altogether abolished until 1827 . dark ages ; as the power subsists and rules in.
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... James II.1 66 Another statute reconstituted the Court of Star - Cham- ber , which long afterwards exercised tyrannical authority over the community . It had existed many years before , as an appendage to the power of the king's council ...
... James II.1 66 Another statute reconstituted the Court of Star - Cham- ber , which long afterwards exercised tyrannical authority over the community . It had existed many years before , as an appendage to the power of the king's council ...
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... James , King of Scotland , through which marriage the crown , in the course of time , devolved upon the Stuart kings . The Parliament gave him an aid of £ 36,000 for her marriage - portion.3 Lord Bacon eulogizes Henry for his good laws ...
... James , King of Scotland , through which marriage the crown , in the course of time , devolved upon the Stuart kings . The Parliament gave him an aid of £ 36,000 for her marriage - portion.3 Lord Bacon eulogizes Henry for his good laws ...
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... life , to get their living by . Parliamentary History , vol . iv . pp . 316–319 . 43 Eliz . cap . 2 , " An Act for the Relief of the Poor , " 1601 . CHAPTER XIV . JAMES I. , FIRST OF THE STUART 224 [ CH . XIII . ELIZABETH .
... life , to get their living by . Parliamentary History , vol . iv . pp . 316–319 . 43 Eliz . cap . 2 , " An Act for the Relief of the Poor , " 1601 . CHAPTER XIV . JAMES I. , FIRST OF THE STUART 224 [ CH . XIII . ELIZABETH .
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Seite 444 - An Act for the further Limitation of the Crown, and better securing the Rights and Liberties of the Subject...
Seite 444 - I, AB, do swear that I do from my heart abhor, detest, and abjure as impious and heretical, that damnable doctrine and position that princes excommunicated or deprived by the pope, or any authority of the see of Rome, may be deposed or murdered by their subjects, or any other whatsoever. And I do declare that no foreign prince, person, prelate, state, or potentate hath, or ought to have, any jurisdiction, power, superiority, preeminence, or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm...
Seite 118 - No freeman (says the 29th chapter of Henry III.7s charter, which, as the existing law, I quote in preference to that of John, the variations not being very material) shall be taken or imprisoned, or be disseised of his freehold, or liberties, or free customs, or be outlawed, or exiled, or. any otherwise destroyed ; nor will we pass upon him, nor send upon him, but by lawful judgment of his peers, or by the law of the land.* We will sell to no man, we will not deny, or delay to any man justice or...
Seite 60 - No FREEMAN SHALL BE TAKEN OR IMPRISONED, OR BE DISSEISED OF HIS FREEHOLD, OR LIBERTIES, OR FREE CUSTOMS, OR BE OUTLAWED, OR EXILED, OR ANY OTHERWISE DESTROYED ; NOR WILL WE PASS UPON HIM, NOR SEND UPON HIM, BUT BY LAWFUL JUDGMENT OF HIS PEERS, OR BY THE LAW OF THE LAND.
Seite 482 - 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.
Seite 287 - The King willeth that right be done according to the laws and customs of the realm ; and that the statutes be put in due execution, that his subjects may have no cause to complain of any wrong or oppressions, contrary to their just rights and liberties, to the preservation whereof he holds himself as well obliged as of his prerogative.
Seite 285 - And whereas no offender of what kind soever is exempted from the proceedings to be used and punishments to be inflicted by the laws and statutes of this your realm, nevertheless of late time divers commissions under your Majesty's Great Seal have issued forth by which certain persons have been assigned and appointed commissioners with power and authority to proceed within the land according to the justice of martial law...
Seite 429 - By issuing and causing to be executed a commission under the great seal for erecting a court, called the court of commissioners for ecclesiastical causes.
Seite 239 - And the like power have Kings: they make and unmake their subjects: they have power of raising, and casting down: of life and of death: Judges over all their subjects, and in all causes, and yet accountable to none but God only.
Seite 430 - By raising and keeping a standing army within this kingdom in time of peace, without consent of Parliament, and quartering soldiers contrary to law.