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... peace ; the Quarter Sessions ; the lord " " · • lieutenant Decline of the English county ; beginnings of counties in Massachusetts § 2. The Modern County in Massachusetts County commissioners , etc .; shire - towns and court- houses ...
... peace ; the Quarter Sessions ; the lord " " · • lieutenant Decline of the English county ; beginnings of counties in Massachusetts § 2. The Modern County in Massachusetts County commissioners , etc .; shire - towns and court- houses ...
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... peace . The offer is accepted , and so the matter is amicably settled . As the worthy citizen is about to take his leave , the general ventures a word of inquiry as to the cause of the town's revolt . What , then , is " Too much your ...
... peace . The offer is accepted , and so the matter is amicably settled . As the worthy citizen is about to take his leave , the general ventures a word of inquiry as to the cause of the town's revolt . What , then , is " Too much your ...
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... peace Another important county officer was the justice of the peace . Originally six were ap- Justices of pointed by the Crown in each county , but in later times any number might be appointed . The office was created by a se- ries of ...
... peace Another important county officer was the justice of the peace . Originally six were ap- Justices of pointed by the Crown in each county , but in later times any number might be appointed . The office was created by a se- ries of ...
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... peace . During the past five hundred years the Eng- lish county has gradually sunk from a self - gov- erning community into an administrative dis- trict ; and in recent times its boundaries have been so crossed and criscrossed with ...
... peace . During the past five hundred years the Eng- lish county has gradually sunk from a self - gov- erning community into an administrative dis- trict ; and in recent times its boundaries have been so crossed and criscrossed with ...
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... peace , was called the Court of General Ses- sions . It could try criminal causes not involv- ing the penalty of death or banishment , and civil causes in which the value at stake was less than forty shillings . It also had control over ...
... peace , was called the Court of General Ses- sions . It could try criminal causes not involv- ing the penalty of death or banishment , and civil causes in which the value at stake was less than forty shillings . It also had control over ...
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Página 326 - Congress shall make. 3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury; and such trial shall be held in the State where the said crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within any State, the trial shall be at such place or places as the Congress may by law have directed.
Página 319 - ... 2. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it. 3. No bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed. 4. No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken.
Página 307 - States, and exacting such postage on the papers passing through the same as may be requisite to defray the expenses of the said office; appointing all officers of the land forces in the service of the United States, excepting regimental officers; appointing all the officers of the naval forces, and commissioning all officers whatever in the service of the United States; making rules for the government and regulation of the said land and naval forces, and directing their operations.
Página 328 - New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union ; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other State ; nor any State be formed by the junction of two or more States, or parts of States, without the consent of the legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress.
Página 370 - That the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of parliament, is against law.
Página 326 - Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
Página 370 - That the pretended power of dispensing with laws, or the execution of laws, by regal authority, as it hath been assumed and exercised of late, is illegal.
Página 320 - State be obliged to enter, clear, or pay duties in another. 7. No money shall be drawn from the Treasury but in consequence of appropriations made by law ; and a regular statement and account of the receipts and expenditures of all public money shall be published from time to time. , 8. No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States ; and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or...
Página 310 - All bills of credit emitted, moneys borrowed, and debts contracted, by or under the authority of congress, before the assembling of the United States, in pursuance of the present confederation, shall be deemed. and considered as a charge against the United States, for payment and satisfaction whereof, the said United States, and the public faith, are hereby solemnly pledged.
Página 335 - The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed; and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. 3. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office...