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Page 62
... judges associate . It is a patent in the nature of a letter from the king , consti- tuting them his justices , and commanding This Order was founded in honour of them , four , three , or two of them , of the Holy Trinity , the Virgin ...
... judges associate . It is a patent in the nature of a letter from the king , consti- tuting them his justices , and commanding This Order was founded in honour of them , four , three , or two of them , of the Holy Trinity , the Virgin ...
Page 68
... judges all matters connected with the government of the church ; and it can proceed judicially against any member of the church , clerical or laical , for alleged impropriety or inconsistency of conduct or doctrine . The connexion of ...
... judges all matters connected with the government of the church ; and it can proceed judicially against any member of the church , clerical or laical , for alleged impropriety or inconsistency of conduct or doctrine . The connexion of ...
Page 76
... judges clearly decided that the claim had no foundation in law , and that " it was a practice incompatible with the exclusive enjoyment of property , and was produc- tive of vagrancy and many mischievous consequences . " ( 1 H. Bl ...
... judges clearly decided that the claim had no foundation in law , and that " it was a practice incompatible with the exclusive enjoyment of property , and was produc- tive of vagrancy and many mischievous consequences . " ( 1 H. Bl ...
Page 84
... judge or court that awards the writ shall direct . All persons , whether natives or aliens , are entitled to this writ . The decision of the judges of the King's Bench in the early part of the reign of Charles I. , that they could not ...
... judge or court that awards the writ shall direct . All persons , whether natives or aliens , are entitled to this writ . The decision of the judges of the King's Bench in the early part of the reign of Charles I. , that they could not ...
Page 85
... judge of either bench in England or Ireland , shall , on complaint on behalf of the party confined , if reasonable cause appear to them , award in vacation time a writ of Habeas Corpus , returnable immediately before the judge awarding ...
... judge of either bench in England or Ireland , shall , on complaint on behalf of the party confined , if reasonable cause appear to them , award in vacation time a writ of Habeas Corpus , returnable immediately before the judge awarding ...
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Page 461 - That the freedom of speech, and debates or proceedings in Parliament, ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Parliament.
Page 88 - ... by the authority of the canonical Scriptures, or by the first four General Councils or any of them, or by any other General Council wherein the same was declared heresy by the express and plain words of the said canonical Scriptures...
Page 475 - Britain; and that the King's Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal and Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, had, hath and of right ought to have, full power and authority to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies and people of America, subjects of the Crown of Great Britain in all cases whatsoever.
Page 144 - ... good and lawful men of the neighbourhood, by whom the truth of the matter may be better known, and who are not akin to either party, to recognize upon their oaths,
Page 529 - M'CULLOCH. -THE LITERATURE OF POLITICAL ECONOMY ; being a Classified Catalogue of the principal Works in the different departments of Political Economy, with Historical, Critical, and Biographical Notices.
Page 152 - I AB do solemnly and sincerely in the presence of God profess, testify and declare, that I do believe that in the sacrament of the Lord's Supper there is not any transubstantiation of the elements of bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ, at or after the consecration thereof by any person whatsoever...
Page 56 - Viet. c. 109, s. 18, it is enacted, that all contracts or agreements, whether by parol or in writing, by way of gaming or wagering, shall be null and void ; and that no suit shall be brought or maintained in any court of law or equity for recovering any sum of money or valuable thing alleged to be won upon any wager, or which shall have been deposited in the hands of any person to abide the event on which any wager shall have been made...
Page 505 - The King willeth that right be done according to the laws and customs of the realm; and that the statutes be put in due execution, that his subjects may have no cause to complain of any wrong or oppressions, contrary to their just rights and liberties, to the preservation whereof he holds himself as well obliged as of his prerogative.
Page 428 - ... receive the sacrament of the Lord's supper, according to the usage of the Church of England...
Page 475 - And be it further enacted and declared, by the authority aforesaid, that the house of lords of Ireland have not nor of right ought to have any jurisdiction to judge of, affirm, or reverse any judgment, sentence, or decree, given or made in any court within the said kingdom...