Ruins of Time Exemplified in Sir Matthew Hale's History of the Pleas of the CrownV. and R. Stevens and G. S. Norton; [etc., etc.,], 1856 - 268 pages |
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... woman , or a heretic , or disembowel a traitor , ( ipsis , ipso , or ipsa vivente , ) hang a witch , press a taciturn man or woman to death , corrupt blood , or cut off ears and slit nostrils , without hinting dislike at the ...
... woman , or a heretic , or disembowel a traitor , ( ipsis , ipso , or ipsa vivente , ) hang a witch , press a taciturn man or woman to death , corrupt blood , or cut off ears and slit nostrils , without hinting dislike at the ...
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... woman , that the law of Gavelkind was parodied- The woman to the bough , The man to the plough . ' 1 Kelyng reports : — “ At the Lent Assizes for Winchester ( 18 Car . II . ) the Clerk appointed by the Bishop to give clergy to the ...
... woman , that the law of Gavelkind was parodied- The woman to the bough , The man to the plough . ' 1 Kelyng reports : — “ At the Lent Assizes for Winchester ( 18 Car . II . ) the Clerk appointed by the Bishop to give clergy to the ...
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... woman being burnt , and the remorse of her Judge . " Vidi nempe quondam apud civitatem Sarum , coram judice quodam mulierem de morte mariti sui attinctam et com- bustam . Et vidi unum de servientibus interfecti illius coram eodem judice ...
... woman being burnt , and the remorse of her Judge . " Vidi nempe quondam apud civitatem Sarum , coram judice quodam mulierem de morte mariti sui attinctam et com- bustam . Et vidi unum de servientibus interfecti illius coram eodem judice ...
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... woman's happiest knowledge , and her praise . The exceptions to the rule concerning marital coercion have not been placed upon satisfactory foundations : Hale rests those of treason and murder on their heinousness , without any ...
... woman's happiest knowledge , and her praise . The exceptions to the rule concerning marital coercion have not been placed upon satisfactory foundations : Hale rests those of treason and murder on their heinousness , without any ...
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... woman was convicted at Oxford of a murder . An estate which devolved upon her has been held from that time to the present by different purchasers , who have paid the full value of it ; and now , at the distance of about half a century ...
... woman was convicted at Oxford of a murder . An estate which devolved upon her has been held from that time to the present by different purchasers , who have paid the full value of it ; and now , at the distance of about half a century ...
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Page 166 - Majesty, or to any person marrying a second time whose husband or wife shall have been continually absent from such person for the space of seven years then last past, and shall not have been known by such person to be living within that time...
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