TABLE OF CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION.

SECTION I.

OR. PAGE.

TOP PAGE.

THE STUDY OF THE LAW....

Importance of a knowledge of law to all classes...

to gentlemen of fortune

testators

jurors..

...

justices of the peace. . . . .

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general......

how settled.....

preserved....

explained..

digested...

particular......

how proved..

requisites of..

the law merchant....

Laws, administered in particular courts..

authority of the civil and canon laws...

the civil law, of what it consists..

the canon law.....

particular courts enumerated.

how controlled.....

Leges scriptæ, or written laws..

acts of parliament, how classified..

how interpreted..

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SECTION IV.

THE COUNTRIES SUBJECT TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND. 103 to 143

78 to 102

The mode of succession to the crown compared with that

to land......

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The title to crown is defeasible by act of parliament...

The crown is hereditary in the wearer of it......

A concise history of the succession to the crown.......

prince and princess of Wales and princess royal..... 262

other members of the royal family....

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CHAPTER V.

THE COUNCILS BELONGING TO THE SOVEREIGN.... 269 to 277 178 to 183

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The duty of the sovereign is to govern according to law.. 278

The coronation oath.....

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III. In making war and peace....

IV. In issuing letters of marque and reprisal... 307

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III. The sovereign is the fountain of justice.... 319

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V. The sovereign is the arbiter of commerce.. 326

can establish public markets and fairs... 327

regulate weights and measures. 327

give currency to coin...

VI. The sovereign is head of the church....... 334

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The royal revenue is either ordinary or extraordinary.... 338

The ordinary revenue is derived from

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