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... tion , enumerate the following circumstances . In the first place , the sovereignty of England did not reside in the King solely . All matters of great state importance were made subjects of deliberation in the King's high court of ...
... tion , enumerate the following circumstances . In the first place , the sovereignty of England did not reside in the King solely . All matters of great state importance were made subjects of deliberation in the King's high court of ...
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... tion of our county courts , the cradle of our liberties , in which are to be found the origin of our juries , and the model of our parliaments . Here the free tenants met to do justice between man and man ; and here , it is probable ...
... tion of our county courts , the cradle of our liberties , in which are to be found the origin of our juries , and the model of our parliaments . Here the free tenants met to do justice between man and man ; and here , it is probable ...
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... tion . Villenage was known in France till near the end of the eighteenth century ; in Spain it was only abolished in the nineteenth ; in Germany it is hardly extinct ; in Russia it was abolished by the present Emperor , to his immortal ...
... tion . Villenage was known in France till near the end of the eighteenth century ; in Spain it was only abolished in the nineteenth ; in Germany it is hardly extinct ; in Russia it was abolished by the present Emperor , to his immortal ...
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... tion of her House of Commons . Some persons , in- deed , have considered that all virtue was taken away from that body by a law of Henry VI . , which limits the right of voting in counties to forty - shilling free- holders ; and have ...
... tion of her House of Commons . Some persons , in- deed , have considered that all virtue was taken away from that body by a law of Henry VI . , which limits the right of voting in counties to forty - shilling free- holders ; and have ...
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... had an undefined jurisdic- tion without the intervention of a jury over many offences not capital , and over actions proving a design to commit offences not actually committed . ' But CH . II . 13 HENRY THE SEVENTH .
... had an undefined jurisdic- tion without the intervention of a jury over many offences not capital , and over actions proving a design to commit offences not actually committed . ' But CH . II . 13 HENRY THE SEVENTH .
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