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Page 49
This writ being one of high prerogative , must issue from the court of king's bench
; its effects extend equally to every county ; and by it the king requires the person
who holds one of his subjects in custody , to carry him before the judge , with ...
This writ being one of high prerogative , must issue from the court of king's bench
; its effects extend equally to every county ; and by it the king requires the person
who holds one of his subjects in custody , to carry him before the judge , with ...
Page 55
1 they are then separately sworn well and truly to try the issue between the
parties , and a true verdict to give according to the evidence , and bence they are
denominated the jury , jurata , and jurors , sc . juratores . The jury are now ready
to ...
1 they are then separately sworn well and truly to try the issue between the
parties , and a true verdict to give according to the evidence , and bence they are
denominated the jury , jurata , and jurors , sc . juratores . The jury are now ready
to ...
Page 129
He died in 1109 , and was succeeded by his brother Alexander I. , called the
Strong , who died without issue , after a peaceful reign of seventeen years , in
1126. To him succeeded his brother David I. who married Matilda , daughter and
sole ...
He died in 1109 , and was succeeded by his brother Alexander I. , called the
Strong , who died without issue , after a peaceful reign of seventeen years , in
1126. To him succeeded his brother David I. who married Matilda , daughter and
sole ...
Page 176
But the common practice is to issue the writ of capias in the first instance ; and the
sheriff can only serve the defendant with a copy of the writ , and a written notice to
appear by his attorney in court to defend the action . But if the plaintiff make ...
But the common practice is to issue the writ of capias in the first instance ; and the
sheriff can only serve the defendant with a copy of the writ , and a written notice to
appear by his attorney in court to defend the action . But if the plaintiff make ...
Page 177
Upon this , issue is joined , and the plaintiff is allowed time to produce the said
record , and on his failure the defendant shall have judgment to The cases
usually tried by record are titles of nobility . Thus , whether such a one be earl or
no earl ...
Upon this , issue is joined , and the plaintiff is allowed time to produce the said
record , and on his failure the defendant shall have judgment to The cases
usually tried by record are titles of nobility . Thus , whether such a one be earl or
no earl ...
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Page 46 - I, AB, do swear that I do from my heart abhor, detest, and abjure as impious and heretical, that damnable doctrine and position that princes excommunicated or deprived by the pope, or any authority of the see of Rome, may be deposed or murdered by their subjects, or any other whatsoever. And I do declare that no foreign prince, person, prelate, state, or potentate hath, or ought to have, any jurisdiction, power, superiority, preeminence, or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm...
Page 629 - So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife, loveth himself; for no man ever yet hated his own flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church for we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
Page 139 - Do that which is good, and thou shall have praise of the same : for he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid ; for he beareth not the sword in vain : for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
Page 326 - For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the Lord our God is in all things that we call upon him for...
Page 139 - ... for he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
Page 628 - Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
Page 628 - But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband : and let not the husband put away his wife.
Page 328 - I do declare, that I do not believe, that the Pope of Rome, or any other foreign prince, prelate, person, state or potentate, hath or ought to have any temporal or civil jurisdiction, power, superiority or pre-eminence, directly or indirectly, within this realm.
Page 93 - It hath sovereign and uncontrollable authority in the making, confirming, enlarging, restraining, abrogating, repealing, reviving, and expounding of laws concerning matters of all possible denominations, ecclesiastical or temporal, civil, military, maritime, or criminal: this being the place where that absolute despotic power, which must in all governments reside somewhere, is entrusted by the constitution of these kingdoms.
Page 45 - That the pretended power of dispensing with laws, or the execution of laws by regal authority, as it hath been assumed and exercised of late, is illegal.
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Book of the Constitution of Great Britain The Book of the Constitution of Great Britain, Thomas Stephen |
| Author | Thomas Stephen |
| Publisher | Blackie & Son; (etc., etc.), 1835 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 26 okt. 2007 |
| Length | 788 pages |
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