Cursory observations on the charters granted to the inhabitants of Tiverton, by a friend to local jurisdictions [G. Coles].T. Parkhouse., 1823 |
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... oath are bound to elect the most honest and discreet within the parish , to pass over our resident rectors , and elect such , whose benefices are at a distance from Tiverton . and highly injudicious would it be to increase , what 46 ...
... oath are bound to elect the most honest and discreet within the parish , to pass over our resident rectors , and elect such , whose benefices are at a distance from Tiverton . and highly injudicious would it be to increase , what 46 ...
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... oath by the respective parties . Six com- missioners therein named , or any two of them , to administer the oath to the mayor ; and the mayor to the capital burgesses and assistants . All these corporate officers are distinctly ...
... oath by the respective parties . Six com- missioners therein named , or any two of them , to administer the oath to the mayor ; and the mayor to the capital burgesses and assistants . All these corporate officers are distinctly ...
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... oath upon trifling occasi- ons , ( an error which every person , any way acquainted with ( i ) commercial pursuits ... oaths has no doubt tended much to invalidate their force . We shall have occasion to notice some of the duties , which ...
... oath upon trifling occasi- ons , ( an error which every person , any way acquainted with ( i ) commercial pursuits ... oaths has no doubt tended much to invalidate their force . We shall have occasion to notice some of the duties , which ...
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... oath : -It is a solemn invocation of a superior power , supposed to be acquainted with all the secrets of our hearts , with our inward thoughts , as well as our outward actions ; to wit- ness the truth of what we assert , and to inflict ...
... oath : -It is a solemn invocation of a superior power , supposed to be acquainted with all the secrets of our hearts , with our inward thoughts , as well as our outward actions ; to wit- ness the truth of what we assert , and to inflict ...
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... oath , to execute to the best of his ability , the duties he is appointed to perform . He , therefore , who neglects those duties , is , in the eye of God , as much guilty of moral perjury , as he is of legal perjury , who forswears ...
... oath , to execute to the best of his ability , the duties he is appointed to perform . He , therefore , who neglects those duties , is , in the eye of God , as much guilty of moral perjury , as he is of legal perjury , who forswears ...
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