The Political State of the British Empire: Containing a General View of the Domestic and Foreign Possessions of the Crown; the Laws, Commerce, Revenues, Offices, and Other Establishments, Civil and Military, Volume 2T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1818 - Great Britain |
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... Henry of Bolingbroke , who laft poffeffed it in that form , ufurped the throne by the title of Henry IV . From that period lord high ftewards have been appointed pro hac vice only , generally to officiate at coronations , or at trials ...
... Henry of Bolingbroke , who laft poffeffed it in that form , ufurped the throne by the title of Henry IV . From that period lord high ftewards have been appointed pro hac vice only , generally to officiate at coronations , or at trials ...
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... or proclama- tions , were of great authority . Henry VIII . procured an act of parliament to be made , that with the advice of his privy council , council , he might fet forth proclamations , which fhould OFFICERS OF STATE . II.
... or proclama- tions , were of great authority . Henry VIII . procured an act of parliament to be made , that with the advice of his privy council , council , he might fet forth proclamations , which fhould OFFICERS OF STATE . II.
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... Henry I. On the death of John De Vere , the fix- teenth earl of Oxford , without heirs male , Mary , his fole daughter and heirefs , married Peregrine Bertie , Lord Wil- loughby , of Erefby , who made claim to the earldom of Oxford , as ...
... Henry I. On the death of John De Vere , the fix- teenth earl of Oxford , without heirs male , Mary , his fole daughter and heirefs , married Peregrine Bertie , Lord Wil- loughby , of Erefby , who made claim to the earldom of Oxford , as ...
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... Henry VIII . toward the close of his reign increafed the number to two of equal rank and authority . On the union with Scotland , C3 Scotland , Queen Anne added a fecretary of ftate for OFFICERS OF STATE . 21 Secretaries of State.
... Henry VIII . toward the close of his reign increafed the number to two of equal rank and authority . On the union with Scotland , C3 Scotland , Queen Anne added a fecretary of ftate for OFFICERS OF STATE . 21 Secretaries of State.
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... Henry VIII . anno 1543 , it is recorded , that letters difpatched from London reached Edinburgh on the fourth day ; a degree of speed nearly equal to that of modern times , but this was only effected by means of a temporary arrangenient ...
... Henry VIII . anno 1543 , it is recorded , that letters difpatched from London reached Edinburgh on the fourth day ; a degree of speed nearly equal to that of modern times , but this was only effected by means of a temporary arrangenient ...
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Page 562 - A crime, or misdemeanor, is an act committed or omitted in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding it.
Page 707 - LASTLY, extortion is an abuse of public justice, which consists in any officer's unlawfully taking, by colour of his office, from any man, any money or thing of value, that is not due to him, or more than is due, or before it is due ". The punishment is fine and imprisonment, and sometimes a forfeiture of the office.
Page 471 - ... its jurisdiction extends to administer justice for all commercial injuries done in that very fair or market, and not in any preceding one. So that the injury must be done, complained of, heard, and determined, within the compass of one and the same day, unless the fair continues longer.
Page 490 - Equity is a Roguish thing, for Law we have a measure, know what to trust to, Equity is according to the Conscience of him that is Chancellor, and as that is larger or narrower, so is Equity. 'Tis all one as if they should make the Standard for the measure, we call [a Foot] a Chancellor's Foot, what an uncertain Measure would this be?
Page 710 - ... upon the whole matter put in issue upon the indictment or information, and shall not be required or directed by the court or judge before whom it shall be tried to find the defendant guilty merely on the proof of the publication of the paper charged to be a libel and of the sense ascribed to the same in the indictment or information.
Page 706 - Champerty is a species of maintenance and punished in the- same manner ; being a bargain with a plaintiff or defendant, campum partire, to divide the land or other matter sued for between them, if they prevail at law : whereupon the champertor is to carry on the party's suit at his own expense.
Page 283 - The necessity of order and discipline in an army is the only thing which can give it countenance, and therefore it ought not to be permitted in time of peace, when the King's Courts are open for all persons to receive justice according to the laws of the land.
Page 557 - And herein they state the naked facts, as they find them to be proved, and pray the advice of the court thereon; concluding conditionally, that if upon the whole matter the court should be of opinion that the plaintiff had cause of action, they then find for the plaintiff; if otherwise, then for the defendant.
Page 581 - King, his heirs and successors, or to deprive or depose him or them from the style, honour, or kingly name of the imperial crown of this realm, or of any other of His Majesty's dominions or countries, or to levy war against His...
Page 548 - A piece of ground is then in due time set out, of sixty feet square, enclosed with lists, and on one side a court erected for the judges of the court of common pleas, who attend there in their scarlet robes ; and also a bar is prepared for the learned Serjeants at law.