The Rise and Progress of the English ConstitutionR. Bentley, 1858 - 400 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 35
... kingdom ; before , indeed , any of the Saxon States had acquired a permanent predominance over the rest . * In the year . 787 , thirteen years before the accession of Egbert to the throne of Wessex , some men of a strange race landed ...
... kingdom ; before , indeed , any of the Saxon States had acquired a permanent predominance over the rest . * In the year . 787 , thirteen years before the accession of Egbert to the throne of Wessex , some men of a strange race landed ...
Σελίδα 36
... kingdoms . In each of these , whenever the king died , his successor was elected out of the descendants of the sacred stock by the choice of the assembled freemen of the State . Part of the popula- tion was in a state of slavery or ...
... kingdoms . In each of these , whenever the king died , his successor was elected out of the descendants of the sacred stock by the choice of the assembled freemen of the State . Part of the popula- tion was in a state of slavery or ...
Σελίδα 40
... kingdom , and had been brought within the civilizing pale of Christendom . The wars which Sveyn and Canute waged ... kingdoms , and was one of the greatest princes that ever ruled in this island , whether we regard the extent of his ...
... kingdom , and had been brought within the civilizing pale of Christendom . The wars which Sveyn and Canute waged ... kingdoms , and was one of the greatest princes that ever ruled in this island , whether we regard the extent of his ...
Σελίδα 41
... kingdom . We have thus brought together three of the four elements of our race ; and watched their fusion . We have seen the general prevalence of the Anglo - Saxon over the British and the Danish : and henceforth we shall speak of the ...
... kingdom . We have thus brought together three of the four elements of our race ; and watched their fusion . We have seen the general prevalence of the Anglo - Saxon over the British and the Danish : and henceforth we shall speak of the ...
Σελίδα 47
... thanes had a voice in it . Though an appeal from it seems to have lain to the Witenagemote , the supreme court of the kingdom , and though the Witan in some cases sometimes exercised an original OF THE CONSTITUTION . 47.
... thanes had a voice in it . Though an appeal from it seems to have lain to the Witenagemote , the supreme court of the kingdom , and though the Witan in some cases sometimes exercised an original OF THE CONSTITUTION . 47.
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Abbot aforesaid ancient Anglo-Norman Anglo-Saxon Archbishop assembly authority bailiffs barons bishops boroughs burgesses cause century Chapter of John's chief civil classes clause Conquest consent constitutional Council county court court leet criminal Crown customs Earl Edward elected enacted England English exercised feudal France freeholders freemen granted Guizot Habeas Corpus Hallam heirs Henry Henry II History House of Commons House of Lords important imprisoned John John's Charter judges judgment judicial jurors justice king king's kingdom knights land Langton liberties lord Lord Coke Lords Spiritual Magna Carta ment military ministers nation Norman Normandy oath observed officers parium parlia parliament parliamentary party peace peers person Petition Petition of Right political population possessed present principle realm reign respect Roman royal Saxon sheriff shire sovereign spirit statute summoned supra tenants tenure tion towns trial by jury villein villeinage William words writ
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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.