The Rise and Progress of the English ConstitutionR. Bentley, 1858 - 400 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα i
... KING'S COLLEGE , CAMBRIDGE . FOURTH EDITION , REVISED , AND WITH ADDITIONS . LONDON : RICHARD BENTLEY , NEW BURLINGTON STREET , PUBLISHER IN ORDINARY TO HER MAJESTY . M.DCCC.LVIII . L LONDON : PRINTED BY WOODFALL AND KINDER , ANGEL ...
... KING'S COLLEGE , CAMBRIDGE . FOURTH EDITION , REVISED , AND WITH ADDITIONS . LONDON : RICHARD BENTLEY , NEW BURLINGTON STREET , PUBLISHER IN ORDINARY TO HER MAJESTY . M.DCCC.LVIII . L LONDON : PRINTED BY WOODFALL AND KINDER , ANGEL ...
Σελίδα xi
... King . - King's Oath to redress Wrongs . His repeated Acts of Tyranny . - Council of the Barons . - Archbishop Langton produces the Charter of Henry I. - Nature of this Charter , and its Value . - Demands of the Barons on the King ...
... King . - King's Oath to redress Wrongs . His repeated Acts of Tyranny . - Council of the Barons . - Archbishop Langton produces the Charter of Henry I. - Nature of this Charter , and its Value . - Demands of the Barons on the King ...
Σελίδα xii
... Kings . - Growing Importance of the House of Commons . Qualifications of Members and Electors . - Pre- rogatives of the Crown . - State of the Population . - Jurors . -Boroughs . - Number of Electors CHAPTER XV . State of the ...
... Kings . - Growing Importance of the House of Commons . Qualifications of Members and Electors . - Pre- rogatives of the Crown . - State of the Population . - Jurors . -Boroughs . - Number of Electors CHAPTER XV . State of the ...
Σελίδα 18
... kings with limited authority , who were selected from certain families . Reges ex nobilitate , duces ex virtute sumunt . Nec regibus infinita nec libera potestas . ( Tac . Mor . Germ . , vii . ) Besides these kings , they had chieftains ...
... kings with limited authority , who were selected from certain families . Reges ex nobilitate , duces ex virtute sumunt . Nec regibus infinita nec libera potestas . ( Tac . Mor . Germ . , vii . ) Besides these kings , they had chieftains ...
Σελίδα 24
... kings and other rulers . If their polity resembled ( as is probable ) that of their kindred Celts in Gaul , they had a noblesse , and the mass of the people was destitute of all rights and franchises . † Their reli- gion was Druidism ...
... kings and other rulers . If their polity resembled ( as is probable ) that of their kindred Celts in Gaul , they had a noblesse , and the mass of the people was destitute of all rights and franchises . † Their reli- gion was Druidism ...
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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.