Constitutional History of EnglandH. Holt, 1921 - 518 páginas |
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... held to collective responsibility for the capture of criminals . These two institutions form the basis of the frankpledge sys- tem of Norman times . ― One institution common to the early German states of whose constitutional history we ...
... held to collective responsibility for the capture of criminals . These two institutions form the basis of the frankpledge sys- tem of Norman times . ― One institution common to the early German states of whose constitutional history we ...
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... held within a given manor . All the Anglo - Saxon states possessed a distinctly marked nobility , deriving its rank , if we regard the whole period of Saxon history , clearly from two sources : birth and service of the king . While the ...
... held within a given manor . All the Anglo - Saxon states possessed a distinctly marked nobility , deriving its rank , if we regard the whole period of Saxon history , clearly from two sources : birth and service of the king . While the ...
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... held , was taken by the thegn , who passes through in the course of time somewhat the same transformations , though rather more slowly and in a later stage of the his- tory , so that the use of the word survived the Conquest . It is ...
... held , was taken by the thegn , who passes through in the course of time somewhat the same transformations , though rather more slowly and in a later stage of the his- tory , so that the use of the word survived the Conquest . It is ...
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... held . Before very long the manorial court began to concern itself with the disputes among heirs over the inheritance of these servile holdings , as the hundred and county courts did with the disputes of heirs to free hold- ings , and ...
... held . Before very long the manorial court began to concern itself with the disputes among heirs over the inheritance of these servile holdings , as the hundred and county courts did with the disputes of heirs to free hold- ings , and ...
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... held by each family of the village . The holding of the family would thus be scattered about the fields in compara- tively small strips , and the use made of them would be regu- lated by the common plan for the great fields in which ...
... held by each family of the village . The holding of the family would thus be scattered about the fields in compara- tively small strips , and the use made of them would be regu- lated by the common plan for the great fields in which ...
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Página 321 - The privilege of election, which belongs to the people, therefore must not be exercised according to their humors, but according to the blessed will and law of God. " III. They who have the power to appoint officers and magistrates, it is in their power, also, to set the bounds and limitations of the power and place unto which they call them.
Página 457 - She expects to be kept informed of what passes between him and the foreign Ministers before important decisions are taken, based upon that intercourse ; to receive the foreign despatches in good time ; and to have the drafts for her approval sent to her in sufficient time to make herself acquainted with their contents before they must be sent off.
Página 284 - That the liberties, franchises, privileges and jurisdictions of Parliament are the ancient and undoubted birthright and inheritance of the subjects of England...
Página 321 - Parliament assembled do declare, that the People are, under God, the original of all just power; and do also declare, that the Commons of England in Parliament assembled, being chosen by and representing the People, have the supreme power in this nation...
Página 294 - Majesty, that no Man hereafter be compelled to make or yield any Gift, Loan, Benevolence, Tax or such like Charge, without Common Consent by Act of Parliament...
Página 323 - We, the people of the United States, do ordain and establish this Constitution.
Página 457 - Having once given her sanction to a measure, that it be not arbitrarily altered or modified by the Minister; such an act she must consider as failing in sincerity towards the Crown, and justly to be visited by the exercise of her Constitutional right of dismissing...
Página 408 - That it is now necessary to declare, that to report any opinion, or pretended opinion of his Majesty upon any bill or other proceeding depending in either House of Parliament, with a view to influence the votes of the members, is a high crime and misdemeanour, derogatory to the honour of the Crown, a breach of the fundamental privileges of Parliament, and subversive of the Constitution of this country.
Página 199 - Crown, shall be void and of no avail or force whatever ; but the matters which are to be established for the estate of our lord the King and of his heirs, and for the estate of the realm and of the people, shall be treated, accorded, and established in Parliaments, by our lord the King, and by the assent of the prelates, earls, and barons, and the commonalty of the realm ; according as it hath been heretofore accustomed.
Página 311 - Strafford of high treason, for endeavouring to subvert the ancient and fundamental laws and government of His Majesty's realms of England and Ireland, and to introduce an arbitrary and tyrannical government...