A Manual of the English Constitution: With a Review of Its Rise, Growth, and Present StateJohn Murray, 1859 - 588 Seiten |
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... offences prosecuted . Pains and penalties were pro- portioned to the nature of the crime . For treason and de- sertion the sentence was , to be hanged on a tree . He who was convicted of transgressions of an inferior nature , paid a ...
... offences prosecuted . Pains and penalties were pro- portioned to the nature of the crime . For treason and de- sertion the sentence was , to be hanged on a tree . He who was convicted of transgressions of an inferior nature , paid a ...
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... offences , live in quiet , and have right done to them by ascertained usages and sound judgment . " The Saxon people were divided into three ranks , of Eorls , Ceorls , and Theowes ; terms indicating the noble , the free , and the ...
... offences , live in quiet , and have right done to them by ascertained usages and sound judgment . " The Saxon people were divided into three ranks , of Eorls , Ceorls , and Theowes ; terms indicating the noble , the free , and the ...
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... offences perpetrated against the common law . That court was held twice in the year . The other court was called the County Court , which exercised jurisdiction in civil cases ; " restrained ( but probably at a much later period ) to ...
... offences perpetrated against the common law . That court was held twice in the year . The other court was called the County Court , which exercised jurisdiction in civil cases ; " restrained ( but probably at a much later period ) to ...
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... offence , and for a great offence in proportion to the heinousness of it , saving to him his contenement ; and after the same manner a mer- 1 ' Contenement , ' according to Lord Coke , signifies countenance ; and he says that the land ...
... offence , and for a great offence in proportion to the heinousness of it , saving to him his contenement ; and after the same manner a mer- 1 ' Contenement , ' according to Lord Coke , signifies countenance ; and he says that the land ...
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... offence . " 25. No clerk shall be amerced for his lay tenement but according to the proportion of the aforesaid , and not accord- ing to the value of his ecclesiastical benefice . " 39. From henceforward nothing shall be given or taken ...
... offence . " 25. No clerk shall be amerced for his lay tenement but according to the proportion of the aforesaid , and not accord- ing to the value of his ecclesiastical benefice . " 39. From henceforward nothing shall be given or taken ...
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