A Constitutional History of the British Empire: From the Accession of Charles I. to the Restoration: with an Introd., Tracing the Progress of Society and of the Constitution from the Feudal Times to the Opening of the History, and Including a Particular Examination of Mr. Hume's Statements Relative to the Character of the English Government, Volume 1Longmans, Green, 1866 - Constitutional history |
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... Edward I. they formed a distinct branch of the legislature . Writers who have espoused the cause of prerogative - as if they deemed it a sufficient reason for consigning the people to slavery , that they can plead the precedents of ...
... Edward I. they formed a distinct branch of the legislature . Writers who have espoused the cause of prerogative - as if they deemed it a sufficient reason for consigning the people to slavery , that they can plead the precedents of ...
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... Edward III . they insisted upon the nomination of the chancellor , and other great public officers , being com- mitted to parliament . * The supplies granted by them were , for ages , generally conditional , and they often con- curred ...
... Edward III . they insisted upon the nomination of the chancellor , and other great public officers , being com- mitted to parliament . * The supplies granted by them were , for ages , generally conditional , and they often con- curred ...
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... Edward I. cc . 8 and 13 , the Commons , in the counties , were empowered to elect their own sheriffs -a privilege which was , however , withdrawn by the 5th of Edward II . c . 17 . How erroneous , therefore , is the estimate taken by Mr ...
... Edward I. cc . 8 and 13 , the Commons , in the counties , were empowered to elect their own sheriffs -a privilege which was , however , withdrawn by the 5th of Edward II . c . 17 . How erroneous , therefore , is the estimate taken by Mr ...
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... Edward IV . , there was an immense carnage , yet the general practice of the contend- ing parties , particularly of that monarch , till his victory over Warwick at Barnet , where there was an indiscri- minate slaughter , was to call out ...
... Edward IV . , there was an immense carnage , yet the general practice of the contend- ing parties , particularly of that monarch , till his victory over Warwick at Barnet , where there was an indiscri- minate slaughter , was to call out ...
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... Edward III . , thrown out hints of its validity . But it was only in the time of Edward IV . that what is denominated a common recovery was decided to be a legal conveyance which removed an entail ; and it must be con- fessed that the ...
... Edward III . , thrown out hints of its validity . But it was only in the time of Edward IV . that what is denominated a common recovery was decided to be a legal conveyance which removed an entail ; and it must be con- fessed that the ...
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Page 145 - ... general councils, or any of them ; or by any other general council, wherein the same was declared heresy by the express and plain words of canonical scripture, or such as shall hereafter be declared to be heresy by the high court of parliament, with the assent of the clergy in convocation.
Page 346 - The duke was indeed a very extraordinary person; and never any man, in any age, nor, I believe, in any country or nation, rose, in so short a time, to so much greatness of honour, fame and fortune, upon no other advantage or recommendation than of the beauty and gracefulness and becomingness of his person.
Page 123 - , it is enacted that no man shall be attached by any accusation nor forejudged of life or limb, nor his lands, tenements, goods nor chattels seized into the King's hands against the form of the Great Charter and the law of the land...