The Standard Library Cyclopaedia of Political, Constitutional, Statistical and Forensic Knowledge: Forming a Work of Universal Reference on Subjects of Civil Administration, Political Economy, Finance, Commerce, Laws and Social Relations, 3. köideH.G. Bohn, 1853 |
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... oaths and solemn or lehn did not exist before , here was the forms , which , besides their force in a re- very case ... oath which he had taken mea- suring and determining both these rights and his duties . The relation between the two ...
... oaths and solemn or lehn did not exist before , here was the forms , which , besides their force in a re- very case ... oath which he had taken mea- suring and determining both these rights and his duties . The relation between the two ...
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... oath of fealty to himself . In other countries a vassal only swore fealty to his immediate lord ; in England , if he held of a mesne lord , he took two oaths , one to his lord and another to his lord's lord . It may be observed ...
... oath of fealty to himself . In other countries a vassal only swore fealty to his immediate lord ; in England , if he held of a mesne lord , he took two oaths , one to his lord and another to his lord's lord . It may be observed ...
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... oath of fealty , or of felony . There was besides a fine payable to the lord upon the alienation by the tenant of ... oath taken ; the doing of fealty consisted wholly in taking an oath , without any obeisance . " When a freeholder ...
... oath of fealty , or of felony . There was besides a fine payable to the lord upon the alienation by the tenant of ... oath taken ; the doing of fealty consisted wholly in taking an oath , without any obeisance . " When a freeholder ...
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... oaths and ceremonies , and the influ- ence of habit and old opinion ; but these were at the best only extraneous props ... oath of fealty ; and one effect of the change must have been still farther to wear down what remained of the old ...
... oaths and ceremonies , and the influ- ence of habit and old opinion ; but these were at the best only extraneous props ... oath of fealty ; and one effect of the change must have been still farther to wear down what remained of the old ...
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... oath of office was then administered to him , and lastly the sove- reign presented hin with the silver cup aforesaid . Having once been made pur- suivant , he might be created a herald , " even the next day , " which was done by the ...
... oath of office was then administered to him , and lastly the sove- reign presented hin with the silver cup aforesaid . Having once been made pur- suivant , he might be created a herald , " even the next day , " which was done by the ...
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Page 81 - ... by the authority of the canonical Scriptures, or by the first four General Councils or any of them, or by any other General Council wherein the same was declared heresy by the express and plain words of the said canonical Scriptures...
Page 362 - London, the town council of any borough for the time being subject to the act of the session of the fifth and sixth years of the reign of King William the Fourth, chapter seventy-six, intituled " An Act to provide for the Regulation of Municipal Corporations in England and Wales...
Page 300 - And each of the parties shall say to the other, " I call upon these persons here present to witness, That I, AB, do take thee, CD, to be my lawful wedded wife [or husband].
Page 354 - ... after the 24th day of June, 1 736, no manors, lands, tenements, rents, advowsons, or other hereditaments, corporeal or incorporeal whatsoever, nor any sum or sums of money, goods, chattels, stocks in the public funds, securities for money, or any other personal estate whatsoever, to be laid out or disposed of in the purchase of any lands, tenements, or hereditaments...
Page 285 - Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall extend to any case where the party trespassing acted under a fair and reasonable supposition that he had a right to do the act complained of...
Page 49 - ... at any one time or meeting, upon ticket or credit or otherwise, and shall not pay down the same at the time when he or they shall...
Page 434 - The power and jurisdiction of parliament, says Sir Edward Coke, is so transcendent and absolute that it cannot be confined. either for causes or persons, within any bounds.
Page 232 - ... to give in evidence, in mitigation of damages, that he made or offered an apology to the plaintiff for such defamation before the commencement of the action, or as soon afterwards as he had an opportunity of doing so, in case the action shall have been commenced before there was an opportunity of making or offering such apology.
Page 200 - Not guilty" on Behalf of such Person ; and the Plea so entered shall have the same Force and Effect as if such Person had actually pleaded the same.
Page 98 - That if any woman shall be delivered of a child, and »shall, by secret burying or otherwise disposing of the dead body of the said child, endeavour to conceal the birth thereof...