Commentaries on the constitution and laws of England, incorporated with the political text of ... J. L. De Lolme, embracing the alterations to the present timeJohn Richards&Company, 1841 - 476 pages |
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... commissioners ought to confine themselves to offences against the laws then newly made for the protection of the reformed religion , and to inflict ecclesiastical censure as a punishment rather than fine or imprison- ment ; and the ...
... commissioners ought to confine themselves to offences against the laws then newly made for the protection of the reformed religion , and to inflict ecclesiastical censure as a punishment rather than fine or imprison- ment ; and the ...
Page 130
... commissioners appointed to inquire into the law of real property , by their Third Report , ( pp . 8 , 12 ) , propose entirely to abolish ; but they have not proposed to make any altera- tion in the tenure of pelit serjeanty or of tenure ...
... commissioners appointed to inquire into the law of real property , by their Third Report , ( pp . 8 , 12 ) , propose entirely to abolish ; but they have not proposed to make any altera- tion in the tenure of pelit serjeanty or of tenure ...
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... commissioners confined themselves to the following particulars em- braced by the commission : 1. The digesting into one statute the statutes touch- ing crimes , and the trial and punishment thereof . 2. The digesting into one other ...
... commissioners confined themselves to the following particulars em- braced by the commission : 1. The digesting into one statute the statutes touch- ing crimes , and the trial and punishment thereof . 2. The digesting into one other ...
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... commissioners therefore chose the subject , to shew the practical incon- veniences arising from the want of certain , precise , and intelligible rules , accurately and distinctly defining the existing law ; and they considered that this ...
... commissioners therefore chose the subject , to shew the practical incon- veniences arising from the want of certain , precise , and intelligible rules , accurately and distinctly defining the existing law ; and they considered that this ...
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... commissioners remark upon the second particu- lar , that the common or unwritten law , as a system of penal law , is in various respects defective ; and that , however convenient it may be in its quality of flexi- bility and easy ...
... commissioners remark upon the second particu- lar , that the common or unwritten law , as a system of penal law , is in various respects defective ; and that , however convenient it may be in its quality of flexi- bility and easy ...
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