The constitution of England; or, An account of the English government |
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... . Met . L. I. 13 . · London : PRINTED AT THE REVIVED APOLLO PRESS , BY JOHN BELL , PROPRIETOR OF THE WEEKLY MESSENGER , CORNER OF CLARE - COURT , DRURY - LANE . 1814 . BODLEIA 3 FEB 195 LIBRARY CONTENTS . ADVERTISEMENT to the 227 25.
... . Met . L. I. 13 . · London : PRINTED AT THE REVIVED APOLLO PRESS , BY JOHN BELL , PROPRIETOR OF THE WEEKLY MESSENGER , CORNER OF CLARE - COURT , DRURY - LANE . 1814 . BODLEIA 3 FEB 195 LIBRARY CONTENTS . ADVERTISEMENT to the 227 25.
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... Courts of Equity ..... 75 XII . Of Criminal Justice .......... 85 XIII . The Subject continued .... 93 XIV . The Subject concluded . Laws relative to Impri- sonments ... BOOK II . CHAP.Ì. Some Advantages peculiar to the English.
... Courts of Equity ..... 75 XII . Of Criminal Justice .......... 85 XIII . The Subject continued .... 93 XIV . The Subject concluded . Laws relative to Impri- sonments ... BOOK II . CHAP.Ì. Some Advantages peculiar to the English.
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... courts of equity ; in which I wish it may be found I have not been mistaken : of the two others , the one , 19th , B. II . , contains a few observations on the attempts that may in different circumstances be made , to set new limits on ...
... courts of equity ; in which I wish it may be found I have not been mistaken : of the two others , the one , 19th , B. II . , contains a few observations on the attempts that may in different circumstances be made , to set new limits on ...
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... courts of justice , and of a few particular laws , cannot , so long as the ruling power in the state remains the same , be said to be the introduction of a new government ; and , as when the laws in question were again established the ...
... courts of justice , and of a few particular laws , cannot , so long as the ruling power in the state remains the same , be said to be the introduction of a new government ; and , as when the laws in question were again established the ...
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... Foresta , which the barons afterwards obtained by force of arms . Nullus de cetero amittat vitam , vel membra , pro venatione nostrâ . — Ch . de Forest . Art . 10 . the establishment of the court which was called aula regis THE ...
... Foresta , which the barons afterwards obtained by force of arms . Nullus de cetero amittat vitam , vel membra , pro venatione nostrâ . — Ch . de Forest . Art . 10 . the establishment of the court which was called aula regis THE ...
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Seite 33 - AN ACT DECLARING THE RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES OF THE SUBJECT, AND SETTLING THE SUCCESSION OF THE CROWN.
Seite 52 - Will you to the utmost of your " power maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the " gospel, and the protestant reformed religion established " by the law ? And will you preserve unto the bishops and " clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to " their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do " or shall appertain unto them, or any of them ? — King " or queen. All this I promise to do.
Seite 171 - And, lastly, to vindicate these rights when actually violated or attacked, the subjects of England are entitled, in the first place, to the regular administration and free course of justice in the courts of law ; next, to the right of petitioning the king and parliament for redress of grievances ; and, lastly, to the right of having and using arms for self-preservation and defence.
Seite 51 - Will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the people of this kingdom of England, and the dominions thereto belonging, according to the statutes in parliament agreed on, and the laws and customs of the same?
Seite 54 - 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.
Seite 170 - That King James II., having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of the kingdom, by breaking the original contract between king and people ; and by the advice of Jesuits and other wicked persons, having violated the fundamental laws and having withdrawn himself out of the kingdom, has abdicated the government, and that the throne is thereby vacant.
Seite 20 - ... Charta, forms the basis of the English constitution. If from the latter the English are to date the origin of their liberty, from the former they are to date the establishment of it : and as the Great Charter was the bulwark that protected the freedom of individuals, so was the statute in question the engine which protected the charter itself, and by the help of which the people were thenceforth to make legal conquests over the authority of the crown.
Seite 105 - These pitiful evasions gave rise to the statute 16 Car. I. c. 10. § 8. whereby it is enacted, that if any person be committed by the king himself in person, or by his privy council, or by any of the members thereof, he shall have granted unto him, without any delay upon any pretence whatsoever, a writ of habeas corpus...
Seite 106 - Guernsey, or any places beyond the seas, within or without the king's dominions; on pain that the party committing, his advisers, aiders, and assistants, shall forfeit to the party aggrieved a sum not less than 500Z.
Seite 86 - But in a state where the ministers of the laws meet with obstacles at every step, even their strongest passions are continually put in motion; and that portion of public authority, deposited with them as the instrument of national tranquillity, easily becomes a most formidable weapon. Let us begin with the most favourable supposition, and imagine a prince whose intentions are in every case thoroughly upright; let us even suppose that he never lends an ear to the suggestions of those whose interest...