The Book of the Constitution of Great BritainBlackie & Son; (etc., etc.), 1835 - 788 pages |
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... directed to be always included , and no business to be done without their presence . When any justice intends to act under this commission , he sues out a writ of dedimus potestatem , from the clerk THE FEUDAL SYSTEM . 21.
... directed to be always included , and no business to be done without their presence . When any justice intends to act under this commission , he sues out a writ of dedimus potestatem , from the clerk THE FEUDAL SYSTEM . 21.
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Thomas Stephen. and in some special cases , the king's original writ is immediately directed to him . It is his duty to be present in the county court , to pronounce judgment of outlawry upon the exigent after quinto exactus , at the ...
Thomas Stephen. and in some special cases , the king's original writ is immediately directed to him . It is his duty to be present in the county court , to pronounce judgment of outlawry upon the exigent after quinto exactus , at the ...
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... directed against an enemy ; in time of peace , the routine of daily discipline is clear and simple , and leaves no room for hesitation as to the legality of the officer's commands . Amongst the few occasions on which doubts can arise ...
... directed against an enemy ; in time of peace , the routine of daily discipline is clear and simple , and leaves no room for hesitation as to the legality of the officer's commands . Amongst the few occasions on which doubts can arise ...
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... directed : and , in consequence , every individual may be made subservient to the good of the public , while he exclusively seeks only to promote his own private views . A body of nobility is also more peculiarly necessary in our mixed ...
... directed : and , in consequence , every individual may be made subservient to the good of the public , while he exclusively seeks only to promote his own private views . A body of nobility is also more peculiarly necessary in our mixed ...
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... being a patent officer for life , and is always present on such occasions , to whom during the contest all speeches or motions are directed , and from courtesy , the persons nominated for speaker , BRITISH PARLIAMENT . 103.
... being a patent officer for life , and is always present on such occasions , to whom during the contest all speeches or motions are directed , and from courtesy , the persons nominated for speaker , BRITISH PARLIAMENT . 103.
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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.