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... im- posed by the Conqueror , but nationally and freely adopted by the general assembly of the whole realm , in the same manner as the other nations of Europe had before adopted it , and upon the same THE FEUDAL SYSTEM .
... im- posed by the Conqueror , but nationally and freely adopted by the general assembly of the whole realm , in the same manner as the other nations of Europe had before adopted it , and upon the same THE FEUDAL SYSTEM .
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... assemblies , and the adoption per arma , practised by the Goths , and some barbarous nations . However that may be , it is probable , that the confusion and violence of those times made the order of knighthood more general , as being ...
... assemblies , and the adoption per arma , practised by the Goths , and some barbarous nations . However that may be , it is probable , that the confusion and violence of those times made the order of knighthood more general , as being ...
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... assemblies of the king's court . It is said in the dialogue de Scaccario , that no business of importance ought to be done without con- sulting the mareschal . In the reign of Henry II . , this high office was held by a family who seems ...
... assemblies of the king's court . It is said in the dialogue de Scaccario , that no business of importance ought to be done without con- sulting the mareschal . In the reign of Henry II . , this high office was held by a family who seems ...
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... assembly ; and he may be assured that whatever is honestly done by him in the execution of that object , will be supported and justified by the common law ; and whilst I am stating the obligation imposed by the law on every subject of ...
... assembly ; and he may be assured that whatever is honestly done by him in the execution of that object , will be supported and justified by the common law ; and whilst I am stating the obligation imposed by the law on every subject of ...
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... assembly . For in the succeeding reign , another statute was passed , which enacts , " That the king's liege people ... assemblies , on pain of imprisonment , and to make fine and ransom to the king . " In the explanation of which ...
... assembly . For in the succeeding reign , another statute was passed , which enacts , " That the king's liege people ... assemblies , on pain of imprisonment , and to make fine and ransom to the king . " In the explanation of which ...
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Page 46 - I, AB, do swear that I do from my heart abhor, detest, and abjure as impious and heretical, that damnable doctrine and position that princes excommunicated or deprived by the pope, or any authority of the see of Rome, may be deposed or murdered by their subjects, or any other whatsoever. And I do declare that no foreign prince, person, prelate, state, or potentate hath, or ought to have, any jurisdiction, power, superiority, preeminence, or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm...
Page 629 - 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 139 - Do that which is good, and thou shall have praise of the same : 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.
Page 326 - For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the Lord our God is in all things that we call upon him for...
Page 139 - ... 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 628 - Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
Page 628 - But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband : and let not the husband put away his wife.
Page 328 - I do declare, that I do not believe, that the Pope of Rome, or any other foreign prince, prelate, person, state or potentate, hath or ought to have any temporal or civil jurisdiction, power, superiority or pre-eminence, directly or indirectly, within this realm.
Page 93 - It hath sovereign and uncontrollable authority in the making, confirming, enlarging, restraining, abrogating, repealing, reviving, and expounding of laws concerning matters of all possible denominations, ecclesiastical or temporal, civil, military, maritime, or criminal: this being the place where that absolute despotic power, which must in all governments reside somewhere, is entrusted by the constitution of these kingdoms.
Page 45 - That the pretended power of dispensing with laws, or the execution of laws by regal authority, as it hath been assumed and exercised of late, is illegal.