A View of the Jurisprudence of the Isle of Man, with the History of Its Ancient Constitution, Legislative Government, and Extraordinary Privileges |
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... Statutes and Ordinances of the Island , by the present Clerk of the Rolls ) , they are confined to the legislative body in the Island , the legal practitioners , and to such persons as by actual residence have the power of attending the ...
... Statutes and Ordinances of the Island , by the present Clerk of the Rolls ) , they are confined to the legislative body in the Island , the legal practitioners , and to such persons as by actual residence have the power of attending the ...
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... statutes , made by the Irish on their hills , they keep firm and stable , without breaking them for any favour or reward ; " and in the Western Isles , " the barons , assisted by the chief men in the community , held their courts on the ...
... statutes , made by the Irish on their hills , they keep firm and stable , without breaking them for any favour or reward ; " and in the Western Isles , " the barons , assisted by the chief men in the community , held their courts on the ...
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... statute - book , which , from the beginning of the sixteenth century , generally records the names of the members of the legislature who signed the laws enacted in the island , either in their passage to the lord proprietor for his ...
... statute - book , which , from the beginning of the sixteenth century , generally records the names of the members of the legislature who signed the laws enacted in the island , either in their passage to the lord proprietor for his ...
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... statutes , and customs , proper and belonging to this isle , and the prerogatives thereof , and , with their best advice and counsel , to be aiding and assisting to his Majesty's Governor - in - Chief , or his Lieutenant - Governor of ...
... statutes , and customs , proper and belonging to this isle , and the prerogatives thereof , and , with their best advice and counsel , to be aiding and assisting to his Majesty's Governor - in - Chief , or his Lieutenant - Governor of ...
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... presume , that he would be ge- nerously disposed to put his subjects on a foot- ing , in some measure , with the English , who , after various struggles , had obtained by Mag- na Carta , and the statute of quia emptores * 32.
... presume , that he would be ge- nerously disposed to put his subjects on a foot- ing , in some measure , with the English , who , after various struggles , had obtained by Mag- na Carta , and the statute of quia emptores * 32.
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