The Rise and Progress of The English COnstitiution1854 |
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... summon and consult a parliament of the whole realm , comprising hereditary peers and elective representatives of the com- mons . That without the sanction of parliament no tax of any kind can be imposed ; and no law can be made ...
... summon and consult a parliament of the whole realm , comprising hereditary peers and elective representatives of the com- mons . That without the sanction of parliament no tax of any kind can be imposed ; and no law can be made ...
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... summoned . It was in this century that our legal system assumed its distinctive features , and was steadily enforced throughout the realm . It is clear , therefore , that it is at this period , that our true nationality commences ; for ...
... summoned . It was in this century that our legal system assumed its distinctive features , and was steadily enforced throughout the realm . It is clear , therefore , that it is at this period , that our true nationality commences ; for ...
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... summoned and presided over by the king . It was attended by the bishops , by the earls or eorldermen ; the thanes generally had a right to attend ; and probably those who resided in the neighbourhood of the place where a Witan was held ...
... summoned and presided over by the king . It was attended by the bishops , by the earls or eorldermen ; the thanes generally had a right to attend ; and probably those who resided in the neighbourhood of the place where a Witan was held ...
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... larger host , which he summoned over here from the Continent , in the 19th year of his reign , Hist . Eliens . + See Hallam's " Middle Ages , " chap . 8 , p . 2 . when he expected an invasion from Scandinavia ; and a 70 RISE AND PROGRESS.
... larger host , which he summoned over here from the Continent , in the 19th year of his reign , Hist . Eliens . + See Hallam's " Middle Ages , " chap . 8 , p . 2 . when he expected an invasion from Scandinavia ; and a 70 RISE AND PROGRESS.
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... summoned the hundredors . When we direct our attention to the state of the upper and middle classes at this period ( exclusively of the inhabitants of the towns ) , we shall find the various incidents of the several Anglo - Norman ...
... summoned the hundredors . When we direct our attention to the state of the upper and middle classes at this period ( exclusively of the inhabitants of the towns ) , we shall find the various incidents of the several Anglo - Norman ...
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Page 251 - And that for redress of all grievances, and for the amending, strengthening and preserving of the laws, Parliaments ought to be held frequently.
Page 251 - Princess during their lives, and the life of the survivor of them ; and that the sole and full exercise of the regal power be only in, and executed by, the said Prince of Orange...
Page 251 - And whereas the said late king James the Second having abdicated the government and the throne being thereby vacant, His Highness the prince of Orange (whom it hath pleased Almighty God to make the glorious instrument of delivering this kingdom from popery and arbitrary power...
Page 251 - ... and for default of such issue to the Princess Anne of Denmark and the heirs of her body and for default of such issue to the heirs of the body of the said Prince of Orange.
Page 162 - John, the variations not being very material) shall be taken or imprisoned, or be disseised of his freehold, or liberties, or free customs, or be outlawed, or exiled, or. any otherwise destroyed ; nor will we pass upon him, nor send upon him, but by lawful judgment of his peers, or by the law of the land.* We will sell to no man, we will not deny, or delay to any man justice or right.
Page 147 - No Freeman shall be taken, or imprisoned, or be disseised of his Freehold, or Liberties, or free Customs, or be outlawed, or exiled, or any otherwise destroyed; nor will we pass upon him, nor condemn him, but by lawful Judgment of his Peers, or by the Law of the Land. We will sell to no man, we will not deny or defer to any man either Justice or Right.
Page 107 - Realm, by advice of our venerable Fathers, Stephen, Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England and Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church...
Page 251 - That the freedom of speech and debates or proceedings in parliament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of parliament.
Page 251 - English parents) shall be capable to be of the privy council, or a member of either house of parliament, or to enjoy any office or place of trust, either civil or military, or to have any grant of lands, tenements or hereditaments from the crown, to himself or to any other or others in trust for him.
Page 251 - That the pretended power of suspending of laws, or the execution of laws, by regal authority, without consent of Parliament, is illegal.