Antiquities of the Inns of Court and Chancery: Containing Historical and Descriptive Sketches Relative to Their Original Foundation, Customs, Ceremonies, Buildings, Government, &c. ; with a Concise History of the English LawVernor and Hood, 1804 - 377 ページ |
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... present merely oral , or communicated from the former ages to the present solely by word of mouth . It is true indeed , that in the profound ignorance of letters which formerly overspread the whole western world , all laws were entirely ...
... present merely oral , or communicated from the former ages to the present solely by word of mouth . It is true indeed , that in the profound ignorance of letters which formerly overspread the whole western world , all laws were entirely ...
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... present , Hubert de Bourg , chief justice , acquainted them with the losses and injuries which the king had sustained in parts beyond sea , and desiring their advice and assistance for the reco- very of the ancient rights and dignities ...
... present , Hubert de Bourg , chief justice , acquainted them with the losses and injuries which the king had sustained in parts beyond sea , and desiring their advice and assistance for the reco- very of the ancient rights and dignities ...
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... present ; and perceiving it in vain to trifle , soon afterwards ( reg . 21. ) , on the octaves of St. Hilary , the 21st January , in a full parliament held at West- minster , having first obtained a grant of a thirtieth part of their ...
... present ; and perceiving it in vain to trifle , soon afterwards ( reg . 21. ) , on the octaves of St. Hilary , the 21st January , in a full parliament held at West- minster , having first obtained a grant of a thirtieth part of their ...
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... present age , as the hardships they were meant to lessen are now all done away . All that it imports to us is to know " what the people gained . " Here then are the clauses in their favour : " Immunities granted to barons are extended ...
... present age , as the hardships they were meant to lessen are now all done away . All that it imports to us is to know " what the people gained . " Here then are the clauses in their favour : " Immunities granted to barons are extended ...
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... present , although all that were summoned come not . " Now that all peers had of ancient right their par- ticular summons is sufficiently evident from what M. Paris says of the parliament held at Westminster in 1255 , that many of the ...
... present , although all that were summoned come not . " Now that all peers had of ancient right their par- ticular summons is sufficiently evident from what M. Paris says of the parliament held at Westminster in 1255 , that many of the ...
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31 ページ - Whence it is that in our law the goodness of a custom depends upon its having been used time out of mind ; or, in the solemnity of our legal phrase, time whereof the memory of man runneth not to the contrary.
117 ページ - Hear this, ye justices, that I have this day " neither eat, drank, nor have upon me, neither bone, stone, nor grass, " nor any enchantment, sorcery, or witchcraft, whereby the law of " God may be abased, or the law of the devil exalted. So help me
263 ページ - Will I upon thy party wear this rose : And here I prophesy ; — This brawl to-day Grown to this faction, in the Temple garden, Shall send, between the red rose and the white, A thousand souls to death and deadly night.
3 ページ - But here a very natural, and very material, question arises; how are these customs or maxims to be known, and by whom is their validity to be determined? The answer is, by the judges in the several courts of justice. They are the depositaries of the laws; the living oracles, who must decide in all cases of doubt, and who are bound by an oath to decide according to the law of the land.
5 ページ - And indeed our antiquaries and early historians do all positively assure us, that our body of laws is of this compounded nature. For they tell us that in the time of Alfred, the local customs of the several provinces of the kingdom were grown so various, that he found it expedient to compile his Domebook, or Liber Judicialis, for the general use of the whole £ *65 ] kingdom. * This book is said to have been extant so late as the reign of King Edward the Fourth, but is now unfortunately lost.
79 ページ - It keeps all inferior jurisdictions within the bounds of their authority, and may either remove their proceedings to be determined here, or prohibit their progress below. It superintends all civil corporations in the kingdom. It commands magistrates and others to do what their duty requires, in every case where there is no other specific remedy. It protects the liberty of the subject, by speedy and summary interposition.
38 ページ - ALL OTHERS WHO HOLD OF US IN CHIEF, FOR A CERTAIN DAY, THAT IS TO SAY...
117 ページ - ... to him for forfeiting the land of his principal by pronouncing that, shameful word, he is condemned as a recreant amittere...
3 ページ - And thus much for the first ground and chief corner stone of the laws of England, which is general immemorial custom, or common law, from time to time declared in the decisions of the courts of justice ; which decisions are preserved among our public records, explained in our reports, and digested for general use in the authoritative writings of the venerable sages of the law.
69 ページ - In all, he seems to have had the supervision of all charters, letters, and such other public instruments of the crown as were authenticated in the most solemn manner, and, therefore, when seals came into use, he had always the custody of the king's great seal.