The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information, 10. köideEncyclopedia Britannica Company, 1910 |
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... king's charter in 1662 was nominated a member of its directing council . Mean- while he had refused employment from the government of the Commonwealth , and had maintained a cipher correspondence with Charles . In 1659 he published an ...
... king's charter in 1662 was nominated a member of its directing council . Mean- while he had refused employment from the government of the Commonwealth , and had maintained a cipher correspondence with Charles . In 1659 he published an ...
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... king's great financial minister Roger , bishop of Salisbury . Nigel is said to have reconstituted the exchequer after the troubles of Stephen's reign upon the model which he inherited from his uncle . The Angevin , or rather the Norman ...
... king's great financial minister Roger , bishop of Salisbury . Nigel is said to have reconstituted the exchequer after the troubles of Stephen's reign upon the model which he inherited from his uncle . The Angevin , or rather the Norman ...
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... king's writs to the treasurer and barons , and the drawing up of all particulars of account , lay with the king's remembrancer , and he retained the corresponding vouchers . The lord treasurer's remembrancer exacted the " remanets " of ...
... king's writs to the treasurer and barons , and the drawing up of all particulars of account , lay with the king's remembrancer , and he retained the corresponding vouchers . The lord treasurer's remembrancer exacted the " remanets " of ...
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... king of Tyre ( xxviii . 11-19 ) as dwelling in Eden , the garden of God , the sacred mountain , under the protection of the cherub , bears a curious resemblance to the narrative in Gen. ii . , iii . , of which , however , it seems to be ...
... king of Tyre ( xxviii . 11-19 ) as dwelling in Eden , the garden of God , the sacred mountain , under the protection of the cherub , bears a curious resemblance to the narrative in Gen. ii . , iii . , of which , however , it seems to be ...
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... king in 1640 ) , were opposed to the arbitrary prerogative of the crown , and Sir Thomas declared that " his judgment was for the parliament as the king and king- dom's great and safest council . " When Charles endeavoured to raise a ...
... king in 1640 ) , were opposed to the arbitrary prerogative of the crown , and Sir Thomas declared that " his judgment was for the parliament as the king and king- dom's great and safest council . " When Charles endeavoured to raise a ...
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Page 20 - ... he has personally or by his advocate asked questions of the witnesses for the prosecution with a view to establish his own good character, or has given evidence of his good character, or the nature or conduct of the defence is such as to involve imputations on the character of the prosecutor or the witnesses for the prosecution; or (iii) he has given evidence against any other person charged with the same offence.
Page 65 - ... present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace ; where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble : the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.
Page 56 - Excise. A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid.
Page 19 - An EXAMINATION of the RULES of LAW respecting the Admission of EXTRINSIC EVIDENCE in Aid of the INTERPRETATION of WILLS.
Page 21 - ... the circumstances of the supposed statement, sufficient to designate the particular occasion, must be mentioned to the witness, and he must be asked whether or not he has made such statement.
Page 120 - Where a mercantile agent has, with the consent of the owner, been in possession of goods or of the documents of title to goods, any sale, pledge, or other disposition, which would have been valid if the consent had continued, shall be valid notwithstanding the determination of the consent : provided that the person taking under the disposition has not at the time thereof notice that the consent has been determined.
Page 120 - mercantile agent " shall mean a mercantile agent having in the customary course of his business as such agent authority either to sell goods, or to consign goods for the purpose of sale, or to buy goods, or to raise money on the security of goods...
Page 73 - Sea, going before them by day in a pillar of cloud, and by night, in a pillar of fire.
Page 284 - Along with whatever any Intelligence knows it must, as the ground or condition of its knowledge, have some cognisance of itself.
Page 12 - ... competent or compellable to give evidence for or against himself or herself, or shall render any person compellable to answer any question tending to criminate himself or herself, or shall in any criminal proceeding render any husband competent or compellable to give evidence for or against his wife, or any wife competent or compellable to give evidence for or against her husband.