Constitutional History of EnglandH. Holt, 1921 - 518 páginas |
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Página 18
... position which it occupied in the state was plainly to be seen before the Norman monarchy took hold of it . A royal officer , appointed by the king and SHERIFF AND KING 19 under his control , not yet 18 THE ANGLO - SAXON AGE.
... position which it occupied in the state was plainly to be seen before the Norman monarchy took hold of it . A royal officer , appointed by the king and SHERIFF AND KING 19 under his control , not yet 18 THE ANGLO - SAXON AGE.
Página 23
... position was large . The change looks like the beginning of the shift from the Saxon alder- man to the Norman earl with its power derived not from office but from rank , dignity and wealth . As this change went on , older functions of ...
... position was large . The change looks like the beginning of the shift from the Saxon alder- man to the Norman earl with its power derived not from office but from rank , dignity and wealth . As this change went on , older functions of ...
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... position between the early days of private vengeance , when the individual secured justice for himself with the aid of his kinsfolk , and modern times when the state takes charge of the whole process to the exclusion of private action ...
... position between the early days of private vengeance , when the individual secured justice for himself with the aid of his kinsfolk , and modern times when the state takes charge of the whole process to the exclusion of private action ...
Página 33
... position , which indicate clearly that the society of the Saxon age was in a state of flux , that social classes were not fixed by any rules of caste , and that movement of individual families up and down the scale was easy and of ...
... position , which indicate clearly that the society of the Saxon age was in a state of flux , that social classes were not fixed by any rules of caste , and that movement of individual families up and down the scale was easy and of ...
Página 34
... position in his service gave distinc- tion to a man and rank which was reflected in the law codes by a higher wergeld than for the common freeman . Doubt- less those personally connected with the king would include from the beginning ...
... position in his service gave distinc- tion to a man and rank which was reflected in the law codes by a higher wergeld than for the common freeman . Doubt- less those personally connected with the king would include from the beginning ...
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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...