The Book of the Constitution of Great BritainBlackie & Son; (etc., etc.), 1835 - 788 pages |
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... England . FRANKALMOIGN was a tenure peculiar to the clergy , and Lord Coke says , " no lay person can hold in frankalmoign ; " and according to Lyttleton , on whom he comments , a tenant in frankalmoign is “ where an abbot or prior , or ...
... England . FRANKALMOIGN was a tenure peculiar to the clergy , and Lord Coke says , " no lay person can hold in frankalmoign ; " and according to Lyttleton , on whom he comments , a tenant in frankalmoign is “ where an abbot or prior , or ...
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... England , without the au- thority of a royal commission . Some English kings have themselves been knighted by the " honour - giving hands " of their subjects . This order was conferred on Henry VI . by the duke of Bedford , and on ...
... England , without the au- thority of a royal commission . Some English kings have themselves been knighted by the " honour - giving hands " of their subjects . This order was conferred on Henry VI . by the duke of Bedford , and on ...
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... ENGLAND . - This office was executed partly in the king's army in time of war , and partly in his court in time of peace . His military functions consisted partly in conjunction with the constable in giving certificates to the barons of ...
... ENGLAND . - This office was executed partly in the king's army in time of war , and partly in his court in time of peace . His military functions consisted partly in conjunction with the constable in giving certificates to the barons of ...
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... England at that period , was a source of infinite vexations and injuries to their people . This was sometimes owing to the avarice , and some- times to the official insolence and cruelty of the purveyors , who attend- ed the court in ...
... England at that period , was a source of infinite vexations and injuries to their people . This was sometimes owing to the avarice , and some- times to the official insolence and cruelty of the purveyors , who attend- ed the court in ...
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... England obtained the peaceable enjoyment of the rights and liberties con- tained in the GREAT CHARTER of King John , and in the similar char . ters of his successors . With much difficulty , by slow degrees , and at a great expense of ...
... England obtained the peaceable enjoyment of the rights and liberties con- tained in the GREAT CHARTER of King John , and in the similar char . ters of his successors . With much difficulty , by slow degrees , and at a great expense of ...
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Page 633 - So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife, loveth himself; for no man ever yet hated his own flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church for we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
Page 141 - ... for he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
Page 633 - The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth ; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will ; only in the Lord.
Page 632 - Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
Page 141 - Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God : the powers that be are ordained of God. Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil.
Page 45 - That the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of parliament, is against law.
Page 713 - And shall subscribe a profession of their Christian belief, in these words : I, AB, profess faith in God the Father, and in Jesus Christ his eternal Son, the true God, and in the Holy Spirit, one God blessed for evermore ; and do acknowledge the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be given by divine inspiration.
Page 604 - Crown, and better securing the rights and liberties of the subject, is and stands limited to the Princess Sophia, Electress and Duchess Dowager of Hanover and the heirs of her body being protestants. And all these things I do plainly and sincerely acknowledge and swear according to these express words by me spoken and according to the plain and common sense and understanding of the same words without any equivocation, mental evasion or secret reservation whatsoever. And I do make this recognition,...
Page 632 - For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband : else were your children unclean ; but now are they holy.
Page 45 - That the commission for erecting the late court of commissioners for ecclesiastical causes, and all other commissions and courts of like nature, are illegal and pernicious.