The student's Constitutional history of England. The constitutional history of England from the accession of Henry vii. to the death of George ii by W. Smith1872 |
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... council ; though it is justly doubted whether the representatives of the ordi- nary freeholders , or of the boroughs , had seats and suffrages in that assembly during seven or eight reigns after the conquest . They were then , however ...
... council ; though it is justly doubted whether the representatives of the ordi- nary freeholders , or of the boroughs , had seats and suffrages in that assembly during seven or eight reigns after the conquest . They were then , however ...
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... council's instructions to the commissioners employed in levying it leave no doubt as to its com- pulsory character . They were directed to incite all men to a loving contribution according to the rates of their substance , as they were ...
... council's instructions to the commissioners employed in levying it leave no doubt as to its com- pulsory character . They were directed to incite all men to a loving contribution according to the rates of their substance , as they were ...
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... council , which , in despite of several positive statutes , continued in a greater or less degree , through all the period of the Plantagenet family , to deprive the subject , in many criminal charges , of that sacred privilege , trial ...
... council , which , in despite of several positive statutes , continued in a greater or less degree , through all the period of the Plantagenet family , to deprive the subject , in many criminal charges , of that sacred privilege , trial ...
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... council of which we have just heard , or , as lord Hale denominates it ( though rather , I believe , for the sake of distinction than upon any ancient authority ) , the king's ordinary council , was something different from the privy ...
... council of which we have just heard , or , as lord Hale denominates it ( though rather , I believe , for the sake of distinction than upon any ancient authority ) , the king's ordinary council , was something different from the privy ...
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... council is added to the judges of this court ; a decisive proof that it still existed as a tribunal perfectly distinct from the council itself . But it is not styled by the name of star - chamber in this , any more than in the preceding ...
... council is added to the judges of this court ; a decisive proof that it still existed as a tribunal perfectly distinct from the council itself . But it is not styled by the name of star - chamber in this , any more than in the preceding ...
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