A Manual of the English Constitution: With a Review of Its Rise, Growth, and Present StateJohn Murray, 1859 - 588 Seiten |
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... whole community , where all had a voice . The general assembly was summoned at stated periods ; but their passion for liberty disdained compulsory attendance . They did not assemble for two or three days after the appointed time ...
... whole community , where all had a voice . The general assembly was summoned at stated periods ; but their passion for liberty disdained compulsory attendance . They did not assemble for two or three days after the appointed time ...
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... whole nation what the shire - mote , or court , was to the shire After the union of the Hep- tarchy , King Alfred ordained that the Wittena - Gemote ( or Witan , as it was briefly called ) should " meet twice a year , or oftener if need ...
... whole nation what the shire - mote , or court , was to the shire After the union of the Hep- tarchy , King Alfred ordained that the Wittena - Gemote ( or Witan , as it was briefly called ) should " meet twice a year , or oftener if need ...
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... whole kingdom was under the sway of five eorls ; three of whom were God- win , and his sons Harold and Tostig.2 The language spoken and written was the Saxon , a branch of the Teutonic . Poetry and literature were cultivated , and ...
... whole kingdom was under the sway of five eorls ; three of whom were God- win , and his sons Harold and Tostig.2 The language spoken and written was the Saxon , a branch of the Teutonic . Poetry and literature were cultivated , and ...
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... whole number of knights and men to be rendered to the king by the superior lord . Thus , as the king was lord to his tenants in capite , so they became lords , —in feudal language , mesne or middle lords , to the followers to whom they ...
... whole number of knights and men to be rendered to the king by the superior lord . Thus , as the king was lord to his tenants in capite , so they became lords , —in feudal language , mesne or middle lords , to the followers to whom they ...
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... whole kingdom " is made apparent , for it is referred to as convened . This charter is supposed to make a dis- tinction in the legislative acts of the sovereign , -between those which imposed charges on the people , and those which ...
... whole kingdom " is made apparent , for it is referred to as convened . This charter is supposed to make a dis- tinction in the legislative acts of the sovereign , -between those which imposed charges on the people , and those which ...
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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.