The Pamphleteer, 16. köideAbraham John Valpy A.J. Valpy, 1820 |
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... petty sessions , which are held once a fortnight in the surrounding market - towns , or others , a little distinguished above the rest . In the larger meetings , which are called the general quarter sessions , two are obliged to act ...
... petty sessions , which are held once a fortnight in the surrounding market - towns , or others , a little distinguished above the rest . In the larger meetings , which are called the general quarter sessions , two are obliged to act ...
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... quarter sessions.2 This sort of agreement is after all not liable to any great There are , however , some quarter sessions , those of the city of Bristol for instance , which , by particular privilege , have the power of judging in all ...
... quarter sessions.2 This sort of agreement is after all not liable to any great There are , however , some quarter sessions , those of the city of Bristol for instance , which , by particular privilege , have the power of judging in all ...
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... quarter sessions , viz . that of imprisonment , or transportation . The general quarter - sessions are among the number of grand tribunals of England : they are what the English term , Courts of Record , that is to say , courts which ...
... quarter sessions , viz . that of imprisonment , or transportation . The general quarter - sessions are among the number of grand tribunals of England : they are what the English term , Courts of Record , that is to say , courts which ...
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... quarter sessions . Those sessions commonly last from one or two days to ten ; and when this time is not sufficient to settle all the business which they have to get through , as is very often the case , the justices of peace adjourn the ...
... quarter sessions . Those sessions commonly last from one or two days to ten ; and when this time is not sufficient to settle all the business which they have to get through , as is very often the case , the justices of peace adjourn the ...
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... quarter sessions , and the two criminal assizes , mount up to 460 , at the rate of 23 each session . There are only sixteen sessions in the Duchy of Lancaster , that is to say , four at Lancaster , which are each successively adjourned ...
... quarter sessions , and the two criminal assizes , mount up to 460 , at the rate of 23 each session . There are only sixteen sessions in the Duchy of Lancaster , that is to say , four at Lancaster , which are each successively adjourned ...
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Page 31 - God would gloriously display his power and love, in the fulfilment of his gracious promise that " the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth, as the waters cover the sea.
Page 279 - And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship.
Page 240 - And though a linguist should pride himself to have all the tongues that Babel cleft the world into, yet if he have not studied the solid things in them as well as the words and lexicons, he were nothing so much to be esteemed a learned man as any yeoman or tradesman competently wise in his mother dialect only.
Page 3 - If we travel still farther into antiquity, we shall find a direct contrary opinion and practice prevailing; and, if antiquity is to be authority, a thousand such authorities may be produced, successively contradicting each other. But if we proceed on, we shall at last come out right; we shall come to the time when man came from the hand of his Maker. What was he then? Man. Man was his high and only title, and a higher cannot be given him.
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Page 41 - ... them as they come to the book to " be sworn, before they are sworn, and you shall be heard.
Page 48 - ... truly try the issue joined between Our Sovereign Lord the King and the prisoner at the bar, and would a true verdict give according to the evidence, so help him God!
Page 47 - You shall well and truly try, and true deliverance make between our sovereign lord the king and the prisoner at the bar, whom you shall have in charge, and a true verdict give, according to the evidence. So help you God !" The juror repeats these words, and kisses the New Testament, and each of the eleven others does the same.
Page 22 - CD, and their fellows, justices of our said lord the King, assigned to keep the peace of our said lord the King...
Page 227 - Resolved, that the Commons of England, assembled in Parliament, being chosen by and representing the people, have the supreme authority of this nation.