English Constitutional History from the Teutonic Conquest to the Present TimeStevens and Haynes, 1881 - 803 páginas |
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... facts . No modern European nation is , indeed , of pure unmingled race ; yet in all some one element has maintained a clear and decided predominance . In the English people this predominant element is the German , or Teutonic . The ...
... facts . No modern European nation is , indeed , of pure unmingled race ; yet in all some one element has maintained a clear and decided predominance . In the English people this predominant element is the German , or Teutonic . The ...
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... fact that the few words in our language which have been retained from the original Celtic ( about thirty - two in number , excluding proper names ) have all relation to inferior employments , and for the most part apply exclusively to ...
... fact that the few words in our language which have been retained from the original Celtic ( about thirty - two in number , excluding proper names ) have all relation to inferior employments , and for the most part apply exclusively to ...
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... fact that each of the seven had acquired and exercised some kind of supremacy over all his neigh- bours . The existence of the Bretwaldas would seem to indicate certain earlier attempts at a union of the whole English race , which was ...
... fact that each of the seven had acquired and exercised some kind of supremacy over all his neigh- bours . The existence of the Bretwaldas would seem to indicate certain earlier attempts at a union of the whole English race , which was ...
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... fact that they are most numerous in some of the smaller shires . Kent contains 61 , Sussex 65 , Dorsetshire 34 hundreds ; while Lancashire has only six . A probable explanation of this disproportion , and a further argument in favour of ...
... fact that they are most numerous in some of the smaller shires . Kent contains 61 , Sussex 65 , Dorsetshire 34 hundreds ; while Lancashire has only six . A probable explanation of this disproportion , and a further argument in favour of ...
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... fact , if not in theory , the governing body of the town in which it was allowed to exist . It is recognized by Glanvill as identical with the communa of the privileged towns , the municipal corporation of the later age . ' 2 " The City ...
... fact , if not in theory , the governing body of the town in which it was allowed to exist . It is recognized by Glanvill as identical with the communa of the privileged towns , the municipal corporation of the later age . ' 2 " The City ...
Términos y frases comunes
ancient appear appointed Archbishop assent authority barons bill bishops boroughs Chancellor Charles Charter Church clergy common law consent Const constitution court Crown Curia Regis declared Duke Earl ecclesiastical Edward Edward III election Elizabeth enacted England English established exercise favour feudal granted Hallam heirs Henry VI Henry VIII Hist House of Commons House of Lords impeachment imprisoned James John judges jurisdiction jury justice King King's kingdom knights land levy liament liberty Majesty ment ministers nation oath offence Parl Parlia Parliament parliamentary passed peers persons petition Petition of Right political Pope praemunire prerogative Prince prison privilege proceedings punishment Queen quod realm reform refused Regis reign Richard Richard II royal Select Chart session sheriff shire sovereign Star Chamber statute Stubbs subjects summoned Supra thegns throne tion tonnage and poundage trial Vict villeins voted William Witan writ
Pasajes populares
Página 711 - Pollock, Land Laws, p. 142. 4 Ibid., p. 150. of the sovereign have again become folkland. 1 The sovereign has again been invested with the right of acquiring and disposing of private property as any other individual. 2 While the landlord was becoming the land owner he was also getting power to dispose of his land. " It is not at all likely that before the Norman conquest custom had anywhere reached the point of letting the owner sell land without the consent of his family.