English Constitutional History from the Teutonic Conquest to the Present TimeStevens and Haynes, 1881 - 803 páginas |
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... heirs ; that Ethelwulf , father of Alfred , had bequeathed various estates to his younger children , and regu lated , in certain contingencies , how they should descend ; that Alfred himself and two of his brothers had acquired landed ...
... heirs ; that Ethelwulf , father of Alfred , had bequeathed various estates to his younger children , and regu lated , in certain contingencies , how they should descend ; that Alfred himself and two of his brothers had acquired landed ...
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... heir after his father's day ; and I will not endure that any man offer any wrong to you . God keep you.'1 The original bishoprics were conterminous with the cal divisions . limits of the various kingdoms at the time of the conver- sion ...
... heir after his father's day ; and I will not endure that any man offer any wrong to you . God keep you.'1 The original bishoprics were conterminous with the cal divisions . limits of the various kingdoms at the time of the conver- sion ...
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... heir to the ancestral title , bears , in the third generation , no external sign of his noble relationship . The athelings ranked above the rest of the nobility ; the penalty for a violation of their rights being generally fixed at one ...
... heir to the ancestral title , bears , in the third generation , no external sign of his noble relationship . The athelings ranked above the rest of the nobility ; the penalty for a violation of their rights being generally fixed at one ...
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... heirs to be forfeit to the king ; and authorized the enforcement of ecclesiastical decrees . Lastly , the Witan acted from time to time as a supreme court of justice , both in civil and criminal causes . " 1 See Freeman , Norm . Conq ...
... heirs to be forfeit to the king ; and authorized the enforcement of ecclesiastical decrees . Lastly , the Witan acted from time to time as a supreme court of justice , both in civil and criminal causes . " 1 See Freeman , Norm . Conq ...
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... heir of the house of Cerdic , Eadgar the Etheling , grand- nephew of the late king , was not only of tender age , but , as his after - life showed , of feeble character and mediocre intellect . The political exigencies of the kingdom ...
... heir of the house of Cerdic , Eadgar the Etheling , grand- nephew of the late king , was not only of tender age , but , as his after - life showed , of feeble character and mediocre intellect . The political exigencies of the kingdom ...
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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
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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.