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... ment is taken , as indicated at the head of each number . Some of the later documents , such as 264 , 265 , and 266 preserve the capitalization of the Acts of Parliament exactly as they were printed ; others follow the system used in ...
... ment is taken , as indicated at the head of each number . Some of the later documents , such as 264 , 265 , and 266 preserve the capitalization of the Acts of Parliament exactly as they were printed ; others follow the system used in ...
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... ment , or chattels , except the lord king in his court before his jus- tices , and the lord king shall have all their chattels . In the case of those , however , who have been arrested , otherwise than through this oath , let it be as ...
... ment , or chattels , except the lord king in his court before his jus- tices , and the lord king shall have all their chattels . In the case of those , however , who have been arrested , otherwise than through this oath , let it be as ...
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... ment concerning damages and losses in the time of the interdict , between us and our venerable fathers Stephen , archbishop of Can- terbury , primate of all England , and Cardinal of 40 English Constitutional Documents.
... ment concerning damages and losses in the time of the interdict , between us and our venerable fathers Stephen , archbishop of Can- terbury , primate of all England , and Cardinal of 40 English Constitutional Documents.
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... ment of the debt ; nor shall the pledges of a debtor be distrained so long as the principal debtor himself has enough for the payment of the debt ; and if the principal debtor fails in the payment of the debt , not having the ...
... ment of the debt ; nor shall the pledges of a debtor be distrained so long as the principal debtor himself has enough for the payment of the debt ; and if the principal debtor fails in the payment of the debt , not having the ...
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... ment of our kingdom , and for the better quieting of the hostility sprung up lately between us and our barons , we have made all these concessions ; wishing them to enjoy these in a complete and firm stability forever , we make and ...
... ment of our kingdom , and for the better quieting of the hostility sprung up lately between us and our barons , we have made all these concessions ; wishing them to enjoy these in a complete and firm stability forever , we make and ...
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according Act of Parliament adjudged afore appointed archbishop assent assize authority aforesaid barons begotten bishop boroughs burgesses cause chancellor chattels Church of England committed commons contrary convicted council court customs declared divers earl ecclesiastical election execution forfeit forfeitures further enacted granted hath heirs and successors heirs or successors henceforth Henry VIII hereafter hereby hereditaments high treason holden honour houses Ireland judgment jurisdiction justices king of England king's highness kingdom kingdom of England knights lands lawfully letters patents liberties lord chancellor lord king Lord Protector lord the king lords spiritual Majesty's manner and form ment noble oath offence officers ordained parlia peace person or persons prayer prelates premises present Parliament assembled prince Queen realm of England reason reign royal sacraments Scotland seal sheriffs sovereign lord spiritual and temporal Stubbs subjects tenements therein thereof things tion Translation by Editors unto Westminster whatsoever wise writ writs of summons
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Page 456 - 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.
Page 466 - I, AB, do sincerely promise and swear, that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to their majesties, King WILLIAM and Queen MAKY. So help me God.
Page 340 - ... divers of your subjects have of late been imprisoned without any cause showed, and when for their deliverance they were brought before your Justices, by your Majesty's writs of Habeas Corpus, there to undergo and receive as the Court should order, and their keepers commanded to certify the causes of their detainer ; no cause was certified, but that they were detained by your Majesty's special command...
Page 360 - I, AB, do in the Presence of Almighty God promise, vow and protest, To maintain and defend as far as lawfully I may, with my life, power and estate, the True Reformed Protestant Religion, expressed in the Doctrine of the Church of England...
Page 456 - I AB do sincerely promise and swear, That I will be faithful, and bear true allegiance, to their Majesties King William and Queen Mary: So help me God.
Page 42 - John, by the grace of God, king of England, lord of Ireland, duke of Normandy and Aquitaine...
Page 467 - Westminster do resolve that William and Mary, prince and princess of Orange, be and be declared king and queen...
Page 430 - ... unfeigned assent and consent to the use of all things in the said book contained and prescribed in these words and no other. IV. I, AB, do here declare my unfeigned assent and consent to all and everything contained and prescribed in and by the book intituled,
Page 495 - ... the. jury sworn to try the issue may give a general verdict of guilty or not guilty upon the whole matter put in issue...
Page 503 - United Church, as the Established Church of England and Ireland, shall be deemed and taken to be an essential and fundamental part of the Union...