The Rise and Progress of the English ConstitutionR. Bentley, 1858 - 400 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα vii
... government in Local matters ; a subject to which I had not previously given due prominence . 2 , Mitre Court Chambers , Temple , December 12th , 1855 . E. S. CREASY . CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. Meaning of the term " English.
... government in Local matters ; a subject to which I had not previously given due prominence . 2 , Mitre Court Chambers , Temple , December 12th , 1855 . E. S. CREASY . CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. Meaning of the term " English.
Σελίδα 18
... courts were also elected at popular assemblies ; and the organi- zation of the men of each district into Hundreds , for the purposes of local self - government and for being joint securities for the good behaviour of each other ...
... courts were also elected at popular assemblies ; and the organi- zation of the men of each district into Hundreds , for the purposes of local self - government and for being joint securities for the good behaviour of each other ...
Σελίδα 46
... court , with varying amounts of jurisdiction ; * I am only endeavouring here to give a general sketch of a township , and therefore avoid entering into questions about Socmen , or Landboc , or Lon , or Infangthief , or Outfangthief ...
... court , with varying amounts of jurisdiction ; * I am only endeavouring here to give a general sketch of a township , and therefore avoid entering into questions about Socmen , or Landboc , or Lon , or Infangthief , or Outfangthief ...
Σελίδα 47
... court . This leads us to consider the English hundreds , which subsist to this day , though the townships have ... court , which was attended by the thanes whose demesnes were within its boundaries , and by the four men and the reeve of ...
... court . This leads us to consider the English hundreds , which subsist to this day , though the townships have ... court , which was attended by the thanes whose demesnes were within its boundaries , and by the four men and the reeve of ...
Σελίδα 50
... courts ( the burhwaremot , or hustings ) , and in time of war led the armed burgesses into the field . Sometimes the king , or a bishop , or a neighbouring lord , claimed and exercised seignorial rights within the borough ; nor can any ...
... courts ( the burhwaremot , or hustings ) , and in time of war led the armed burgesses into the field . Sometimes the king , or a bishop , or a neighbouring lord , claimed and exercised seignorial rights within the borough ; nor can any ...
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Σελίδα 320 - That levying money for or to the use of the Crown, by pretence and prerogative, without grant of Parliament, for longer time or in other manner than the same is or shall be granted, is illegal.
Σελίδα 322 - I, AB, do sincerely promise and swear, That I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to their Majesties King William and Queen Mary : So help me God.
Σελίδα 321 - And that for redress of all grievances, and for the amending, strengthening and preserving of the laws, Parliaments ought to be held frequently.
Σελίδα 204 - 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 right.
Σελίδα 318 - And whereas of late years, partial, corrupt, and unqualified persons have been returned and served on juries in trials, and particularly divers jurors in trials for high treason, which were not freeholders. 10. And excessive bail hath been required of persons committed in criminal cases, to elude the benefit of the laws made for the liberty of the subjects. 1 1 . And excessive fines have been imposed; and illegal and cruel punishments inflicted.
Σελίδα 322 - And I do declare that no foreign prince, person, prelate, state or potentate hath or ought to have, any jurisdiction, power, superiority, pre-eminence or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm. So help me God.
Σελίδα 319 - ... principal persons of the commons) cause letters to be written to the lords spiritual and temporal, being Protestants...
Σελίδα 293 - Nevertheless, against the tenor of the said statutes, and other the good laws and statutes of your realm to that end provided...
Σελίδα 133 - A widow, after the death of her husband, shall forthwith and without difficulty have her marriage and inheritance; nor shall she give anything for her dower, or her marriage, or her inheritance, which her husband and she held at the day of his death ; and she may remain in the mansion house of her husband forty days after his death, within which time her dower shall be assigned.
Σελίδα 290 - 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.