A Manual of the English Constitution: With a Review of Its Rise, Growth, and Present StateJohn Murray, 1859 - 588 Seiten |
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... called Cymry ; a name which their posterity still retain , in their native language , in Wales . They were subdued in the first century of the Christian era by the Romans ; from whom they received the name of Bri- tons , from Prydain ...
... called Cymry ; a name which their posterity still retain , in their native language , in Wales . They were subdued in the first century of the Christian era by the Romans ; from whom they received the name of Bri- tons , from Prydain ...
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... called Earls ) , dignitaries who had the official custody of the shires , under the Crown , -- and of the Thanes , or nobility . It was convened by the king , who presided over it . Its highest duty was , to elect the sovereign when a ...
... called Earls ) , dignitaries who had the official custody of the shires , under the Crown , -- and of the Thanes , or nobility . It was convened by the king , who presided over it . Its highest duty was , to elect the sovereign when a ...
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... called , law - worthy . The Were - geld , or compensation in money , included all ranks : it was paid , in lieu of punishment and revenge , to the relatives of a person slain under circumstances which now constitute manslaughter ; the ...
... called , law - worthy . The Were - geld , or compensation in money , included all ranks : it was paid , in lieu of punishment and revenge , to the relatives of a person slain under circumstances which now constitute manslaughter ; the ...
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... called north of the Trent ) , Burghs , Townships , and Ty- things . The shires were under the government of an Eorl- derman , —not a degree of dignity , or of the tenure of land , but of office or judicature , extending over a shire ...
... called north of the Trent ) , Burghs , Townships , and Ty- things . The shires were under the government of an Eorl- derman , —not a degree of dignity , or of the tenure of land , but of office or judicature , extending over a shire ...
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... called his Tourn , " be- cause he keepeth his tourn circuit about the shire , and hold- eth the same court in several places , to inquire of all offences perpetrated against the common law . That court was held twice in the year . The ...
... called his Tourn , " be- cause he keepeth his tourn circuit about the shire , and hold- eth the same court in several places , to inquire of all offences perpetrated against the common law . That court was held twice in the year . The ...
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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.