The Standard Library Cyclopaedia of Political, Constitutional, Statistical and Forensic Knowledge: Forming a Work of Universal Reference on the Subjects of Civil Administration, Political Economy, Finance, Commerce, Laws and Social Relations ...H. G. Bohn, 1860 |
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... king of France , complained to Edward II . A.D. 1314 , that the merchants of England had desisted from frequenting the fairs in his dominions with their wool and other goods , to the great loss of his subjects ; and entreated him to per ...
... king of France , complained to Edward II . A.D. 1314 , that the merchants of England had desisted from frequenting the fairs in his dominions with their wool and other goods , to the great loss of his subjects ; and entreated him to per ...
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... kings were accustomed to exact penalties from their female vassals of all ages , and even from widows , for either marrying ... king ; for in the law of England we have not properly al- lodium . " This universality of its appli- cation ...
... kings were accustomed to exact penalties from their female vassals of all ages , and even from widows , for either marrying ... king ; for in the law of England we have not properly al- lodium . " This universality of its appli- cation ...
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... king- dom , as we have already mentioned , was without any exception either in the hands of the crown , or held in fief by the vas- sals of the crown , or of them by sub- infeudation . Those lands which the king kept were called his ...
... king- dom , as we have already mentioned , was without any exception either in the hands of the crown , or held in fief by the vas- sals of the crown , or of them by sub- infeudation . Those lands which the king kept were called his ...
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... king by the statute 1 Edw . III . c . 12. Thus at the same time that a practice strictly accordant to the spirit of feudalism , and eminently favourable to its conservation and extension , was stopped , another prac- tice , altogether ...
... king by the statute 1 Edw . III . c . 12. Thus at the same time that a practice strictly accordant to the spirit of feudalism , and eminently favourable to its conservation and extension , was stopped , another prac- tice , altogether ...
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... king or any other , which restrictions were removed by the stat . 12 Chas . II . c . 24 , which abolished military tenures . Notwithstanding these successive as- saults upon certain parts of the ancient feudalism , the main body of the ...
... king or any other , which restrictions were removed by the stat . 12 Chas . II . c . 24 , which abolished military tenures . Notwithstanding these successive as- saults upon certain parts of the ancient feudalism , the main body of the ...
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