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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... Lord Ashley moved that the word " night " be construed to mean from six in the even- ing to six in the morning , and the word " meal - time " to be two hours ' cessation from labour . This would have left only ten hours as the time for ...
... Lord Ashley moved that the word " night " be construed to mean from six in the even- ing to six in the morning , and the word " meal - time " to be two hours ' cessation from labour . This would have left only ten hours as the time for ...
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... lord , he shall hold his right hand upon a book , and shall say thus : - Know ye this , my lord , that I shall be faithful and true unto you , and faith to you shall bear for the lands which I claim to hold of you , and that I shall ...
... lord , he shall hold his right hand upon a book , and shall say thus : - Know ye this , my lord , that I shall be faithful and true unto you , and faith to you shall bear for the lands which I claim to hold of you , and that I shall ...
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... lord ; because any dispute relating to the free- hold was decided before them as pares curi¿ , " equals of the court , " of the lord of the fee . But afterwards , upon the decay of the feudal system , the livery was made in the presence ...
... lord ; because any dispute relating to the free- hold was decided before them as pares curi¿ , " equals of the court , " of the lord of the fee . But afterwards , upon the decay of the feudal system , the livery was made in the presence ...
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... lord , and the tenant or vassal . Tenant may be considered as the name given to the latter in reference to the particular nature of his right over the land ; vassal , that denoting the particular nature of his personal connection with ...
... lord , and the tenant or vassal . Tenant may be considered as the name given to the latter in reference to the particular nature of his right over the land ; vassal , that denoting the particular nature of his personal connection with ...
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... lord , was much more honourable and in every way more advantageous for the vassal . This was the method of at- taching him by certain oaths and solemn forms , which , besides their force in a re ligious point of view , were so contrived ...
... lord , was much more honourable and in every way more advantageous for the vassal . This was the method of at- taching him by certain oaths and solemn forms , which , besides their force in a re ligious point of view , were so contrived ...
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