The Law-dictionary, Explaining the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the British Law:: K-ZJ. and W. T. Clarke; Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1835 |
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... reason , to establish originally a succession by inheritance . reckoned from the year 1648 , and not from 1660 . This has been acquiesced in by general consent , and ripened by degrees into common law ; the very same title that every ...
... reason , to establish originally a succession by inheritance . reckoned from the year 1648 , and not from 1660 . This has been acquiesced in by general consent , and ripened by degrees into common law ; the very same title that every ...
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... reason and the rules of natural law , in which deduction different understandings might very considerably differ ; it was , after the Revolution , judged proper to declare these duties expressly , and to reduce that contract to a plain ...
... reason and the rules of natural law , in which deduction different understandings might very considerably differ ; it was , after the Revolution , judged proper to declare these duties expressly , and to reduce that contract to a plain ...
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... reason all oppressions , which may happen to spring from any branch of the sovereign power , must necessarily be out of the reach of any stated rule or express legal provision ; but if ever they unfortunately happen , the prudence of ...
... reason all oppressions , which may happen to spring from any branch of the sovereign power , must necessarily be out of the reach of any stated rule or express legal provision ; but if ever they unfortunately happen , the prudence of ...
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... reason , or any way pre- judicial to the commonwealth , or a private person , the law will not suppose the King to have meant either an unwise or an injurious action ; but declares that the King was deceived in his grant ; and ...
... reason , or any way pre- judicial to the commonwealth , or a private person , the law will not suppose the King to have meant either an unwise or an injurious action ; but declares that the King was deceived in his grant ; and ...
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... reason and prece- dent , by the Long Parliament of King Charles I .; but , upon the restoration of his son , was solemnly declared by the 13 Car . 2. c . 6. to be in the King alone ; for that the sole supreme government and command of ...
... reason and prece- dent , by the Long Parliament of King Charles I .; but , upon the restoration of his son , was solemnly declared by the 13 Car . 2. c . 6. to be in the King alone ; for that the sole supreme government and command of ...
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