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... beginning of the fifth cen tury , and was the son of a king of Ulster , and brother
to Fergus the Second , who restored the kingdom of Scotland in 422. The
subjects of this Manks prince entertained so great an * Macqueen on the Western
Isles .
... beginning of the fifth cen tury , and was the son of a king of Ulster , and brother
to Fergus the Second , who restored the kingdom of Scotland in 422. The
subjects of this Manks prince entertained so great an * Macqueen on the Western
Isles .
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1 reign Lord the King and his subjects within this isle , and as indifferently
between party and party as this staff now standeth , so far as in me lieth ; and ,
when I think it necessary , will call together the council of this isle , or so many of
them as ...
1 reign Lord the King and his subjects within this isle , and as indifferently
between party and party as this staff now standeth , so far as in me lieth ; and ,
when I think it necessary , will call together the council of this isle , or so many of
them as ...
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shackled with , and unrestrained by fictitious suits or records , similar to English
fines or recoveries ; by abstruse family settlements , for no entail can be created
of hereditaments within the isle , beyond the life of the grantee , or the heirs of ...
shackled with , and unrestrained by fictitious suits or records , similar to English
fines or recoveries ; by abstruse family settlements , for no entail can be created
of hereditaments within the isle , beyond the life of the grantee , or the heirs of ...
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... with this difference , that an English grand jury is restricted to the hearing of
evidence only on behalf of the prosecution ; but , in the Isle of Man , depositions
are also taken on the part of the prisoner in his presence , which
compassionately ...
... with this difference , that an English grand jury is restricted to the hearing of
evidence only on behalf of the prosecution ; but , in the Isle of Man , depositions
are also taken on the part of the prisoner in his presence , which
compassionately ...
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| Title | A View of the Jurisprudence of the Isle of Man, with the History of Its Ancient Constitution, Legislative Government, and Extraordinary Privileges |
| Author | James Johnson |
| Publisher | Thomas Bryce and Company, 1811 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 11 Nov 2014 |
| Length | 234 pages |
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