Imprisonment for Debt Unconstitutional and Oppressive: Proved from the Fundamental Principles of the British Constitution, and the Rights of Nature |
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... officer under the King was fuffered to take any thing for doing his office , fave of the King only : no man could be committed to prison unless he had done that offence against the law which it was prefumed he must be convicted of by ...
... officer under the King was fuffered to take any thing for doing his office , fave of the King only : no man could be committed to prison unless he had done that offence against the law which it was prefumed he must be convicted of by ...
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... officer who arrefts th fendant , or the plaintiff's attorney who appli the writ : and as for the judges of the dif courts , they know nothing of the business , the defendant can afford , at a fcandalous exp to bring the plaintiff to ...
... officer who arrefts th fendant , or the plaintiff's attorney who appli the writ : and as for the judges of the dif courts , they know nothing of the business , the defendant can afford , at a fcandalous exp to bring the plaintiff to ...
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... officer for double the amount the defendant is arrested for , and thereby make themselves lia- ble , by any of thofe infamous quirks of the law permitted by our courts of justice , to pay a large fum of money , or lie in a gaol and have ...
... officer for double the amount the defendant is arrested for , and thereby make themselves lia- ble , by any of thofe infamous quirks of the law permitted by our courts of justice , to pay a large fum of money , or lie in a gaol and have ...
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... officer in court When a fufficient number of perfons imp appear , they are then feparately fworn w truly to try the iffue between the parties , an verdict to give according to the evidence . All witneffes that have the ufe of their are ...
... officer in court When a fufficient number of perfons imp appear , they are then feparately fworn w truly to try the iffue between the parties , an verdict to give according to the evidence . All witneffes that have the ufe of their are ...
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... officer , had the power of interfering , being contrary to the constitutional law for plea of debt between subject and fubject ; they therefore determined to call this new made judge to an account . Accordingly , it feems the chief ...
... officer , had the power of interfering , being contrary to the constitutional law for plea of debt between subject and fubject ; they therefore determined to call this new made judge to an account . Accordingly , it feems the chief ...
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action Acts of parliament aforefaid Charles againſt anſwer arreſted attorney bail bailiff becauſe beſt buſineſs cafe caufe cauſe cofts command common law Common Pleas confequence confider conftitution court of Common court of King's creditors debtor defendant diftreffed ditor eſtabliſhed Exchequer expence faid Charles Long faid William faith fame fays fecurity feems fent feven fhall fheriff fhew fhillings fhould firſt fome fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuit fummons fuppofed gentleman give habeas hath himſelf Houſe hundred pounds iffue Impriſonment for Debt infolvent judge judgment jury juſt juſtice King's Bench knight late of Burford LATITAT lawyers liberty lord the king majeſty's moſt muft muſt officer owes Parliament perfons Peter Hammond plaintiff prefent prifon proceſs reaſon refpect reign ſaid ſay ſeems ſhall SHERIFF'S RETURN Sir Edward Coke ſpirit ſtatute take Charles Long themſelves theſe thoſe thouſand underſtand uſed Weſtminſter William Burton William faith writ
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Page 68 - Barker, or his certain attorney, executors, administrators, or assigns ; for which payment well and truly to be made, I bind myself, my heirs, executors, and administrators, firmly by these presents, sealed with my seal.
Page 71 - January, in the condition aforefaid above mentioned, according to the form and effeft of the faid condition : and this he is ready to verify. Wherefore he prays judgment, whether the...
Page 73 - William hath not hitherto paid: and this he is ready to verify. Wherefore he prays judgment, and his debt aforefaid, together with his damages occafioned by the detention of the faid debt, to be adjudged unto him, &e.
Page 158 - Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
Page 17 - And, lastly (which alone would have merited the title that it bears, of the great charter), it protected every individual of the nation in the free enjoyment of his life, his liberty, and his property, unless declared to be forfeited by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land.
Page 66 - England ; that the record and process aforesaid being inspected, we may cause to be done thereupon, for correcting that error, what of right and according to the law and custom of our realm of England ought to be done. WITNESS ourself at Westminster, the twelfth day of February, in the twenty-ninth year of our reign.
Page 79 - Render ; faith, that neither in the record and procefs aforefaid, nor in the gi v-^""""^ 1"" ing of the judgment aforefaid, in any thing is there erred : and he prays in like manner that the court of the faid lord the king here may proceed to the examination as well...
Page 73 - Charles hath no neceffity, neif f* ther is he obliged by the law of the land, in " any manner to anfwer ; and this he is ready " to verify. Wherefore for want of a fufficient...
Page 39 - Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Second, by the Grace of GOD, of Great-Britain, France and Ireland, KING, Defender of the Faith, &c.
Page 85 - House, and was instituted to administer justice between the King's domestic servants, that they might not be drawn into other courts, and thereby the King lose their service.