A Short Constitutional History of EnglandB.H. Blackwell, 1882 - 318 páginas |
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... boroughs . ELIZABETH denied all independence to Parliament ( ch . ii . ) , declaring that she would not have her prerogative " argued nor brought in question . " She was practically supreme , but , although persons were occasionally ...
... boroughs . ELIZABETH denied all independence to Parliament ( ch . ii . ) , declaring that she would not have her prerogative " argued nor brought in question . " She was practically supreme , but , although persons were occasionally ...
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... boroughs , and only restoring them on conditions which ren- dered the return of court nominees at the Parlia- mentary Elections certain . JAMES II . at once began James II . to act on the idea of absolutism ; in 1685 he levied customs ...
... boroughs , and only restoring them on conditions which ren- dered the return of court nominees at the Parlia- mentary Elections certain . JAMES II . at once began James II . to act on the idea of absolutism ; in 1685 he levied customs ...
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... from each township four men and the reeve , and from each borough twelve burghers . " - STUBBS , Const . Hist . ii . , 205 . 4 Sel . Charters , 346 . in these ordinary meetings , from attendance at which many 64 CHAPTER II .
... from each township four men and the reeve , and from each borough twelve burghers . " - STUBBS , Const . Hist . ii . , 205 . 4 Sel . Charters , 346 . in these ordinary meetings , from attendance at which many 64 CHAPTER II .
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... boroughs which had a charter of exemption from the Shire Court . Wager of Law . Under the name of Wager of Law Compurgation also continued to be occasionally employed in actions for debt until abolished 1833 ( 3 and 4 Wm . IV . c . xlii ...
... boroughs which had a charter of exemption from the Shire Court . Wager of Law . Under the name of Wager of Law Compurgation also continued to be occasionally employed in actions for debt until abolished 1833 ( 3 and 4 Wm . IV . c . xlii ...
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... borough , 1267 ( 52 Hen . III . ) , and Westminster 11 , 1285 ( 13 Edward I. ) , " frequent and vexatious disseisins " were checked . The writ of Novel disseisin was abolished 1833 ( 3 and 4 Wm . IV . ) . Assize of Mort d'ancestor ...
... borough , 1267 ( 52 Hen . III . ) , and Westminster 11 , 1285 ( 13 Edward I. ) , " frequent and vexatious disseisins " were checked . The writ of Novel disseisin was abolished 1833 ( 3 and 4 Wm . IV . ) . Assize of Mort d'ancestor ...
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Página 106 - That the freedom of speech and debates or proceedings in parliament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of parliament.
Página 138 - That no person who has an office or place of profit under the King, or receives a pension from the crown, shall be capable of serving as a member of the house of commons.
Página 46 - The Ministry is, in fact, a committee of leading members of the two Houses. It is nominated by the Crown : but it consists exclusively of statesmen whose opinions on the pressing questions of the time agree, in the main, with the opinions of the majority of the House of Commons.
Página 241 - And what have been the results of agitation upon the legislation of the country? Not a measure has been forced upon Parliament, which the calm judgment of a later time has not since approved : not an agitation has failed, which posterity has not condemned.
Página 43 - Parliament : that from and after the time that the further limitation by this act shall take effect, all matters and things relating to the well-governing of this kingdom, which are properly cognizable in the privy council, by the laws and customs of the realm, shall be transacted there, and all resolutions taken thereupon shall be signed by such of the privy council as shall advise and consent to the same...
Página 309 - ... committed or restrained, unto or before the lord chancellor, or lord keeper of the great seal of England for the time being, or the judges or barons of the said court from whence the said...
Página 234 - ... great and efficacious writ, in all manner of illegal confinement, is that of habeas corpus ad subjiciendum; directed to the person detaining another, and commanding him to produce the body of the prisoner, with the day and cause of his caption and detention, ad faciendum, subjiciendum et recipiendum, to do, submit to and receive whatsoever the judge or court awarding such writ shall consider in that behalf.
Página 177 - And I will that every man be entitled to his hunting in wood and in field, on his own possession. And let every one forego my hunting: take notice where I will have it untrespassed on, under penalty of the full "wite.
Página 96 - And that for redress of all grievances, and for the amending, strengthening, and preserving of the laws, parliament ought to be held frequently.
Página 160 - the matters to be established for the estate of the king and of his heirs, and for the estate of the realm and of the people, should be treated, accorded, and established in parliament, by the king and by the assent of the prelates, earls, and barons, and the commonalty of the realm, according as had been before accustomed.