Imprisonment for Debt Unconstitutional and Oppressive: Proved from the Fundamental Principles of the British Constitution, and the Rights of Nature |
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... poor , is condemned , unheard , to lie in for his life ; yet the judges are comm to execute juftice in mercy ; and God fays fhall do no unrighteoufnefs in judgment . " 14th chapter of Magna Charta fays , " No P man shall be amerced for ...
... poor , is condemned , unheard , to lie in for his life ; yet the judges are comm to execute juftice in mercy ; and God fays fhall do no unrighteoufnefs in judgment . " 14th chapter of Magna Charta fays , " No P man shall be amerced for ...
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... poor Sir Edward Coke , making oppofition court of King's Bench iffuing the writ of t catch debtors contrary to law , got himself tu of the chief justiceship of the Common Pleas all the meannefs and fervility that a lawyer is of , he ...
... poor Sir Edward Coke , making oppofition court of King's Bench iffuing the writ of t catch debtors contrary to law , got himself tu of the chief justiceship of the Common Pleas all the meannefs and fervility that a lawyer is of , he ...
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... poor judge could not fupport his confequence as he used to do in the Common Pleas , which had the fole fo- vereign jurisdiction in matters of debt : money , that great prevailing principle of acting , was to be ob- tained . But how ...
... poor judge could not fupport his confequence as he used to do in the Common Pleas , which had the fole fo- vereign jurisdiction in matters of debt : money , that great prevailing principle of acting , was to be ob- tained . But how ...
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... poor remains of fortune pendency ; ftill at the mercy of other place him where he fo long lay , unti get fettled those accounts , and receive t payments , he has fo long in vain fol " have . " The conduct of public offices in refufing ...
... poor remains of fortune pendency ; ftill at the mercy of other place him where he fo long lay , unti get fettled those accounts , and receive t payments , he has fo long in vain fol " have . " The conduct of public offices in refufing ...
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... poor man , and not being able to pay , the fuit was nonprofsed ; the defendant got out of the Fleet , and the plaintiff was fent to prison for the defendant's cofts . - Thus the fhops of justice promote each others trade . I must now ...
... poor man , and not being able to pay , the fuit was nonprofsed ; the defendant got out of the Fleet , and the plaintiff was fent to prison for the defendant's cofts . - Thus the fhops of justice promote each others trade . I must now ...
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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.