| Sir William Blackstone - Law - 1807 - 686 pages
...law) declared such children legitimate : but " all the earls and barons (says the parliament " rollf ) with one voice answered, that they would not change " the laws of England, which had hitherto been used anil "approved." And we find the same jealousy prevailing above a century afterwardsI;,... | |
| Nathaniel Highmore - Ecclesiastical law - 1810 - 228 pages
...law) declaied such children legitimate ; but ' all the earls and barons (says the Parliament-roll ] with one voice answered, that they would not change the laws of England, which had hitherto been used and approved.' And we find the same jealousy prevailing above a century afterwards,*... | |
| Thomas Cooper - Roman law - 1812 - 748 pages
...succession, inasmuch as the " church accepteth all such as legitimate." But all the. earls and barons with one voice answered that they would not change the laws of England, wh'ch had hitherto been used and approved. Stat. Mert. 2O Hen- 3 Co. Litt. 245. or 2 Co. Inst- 97.... | |
| Great Britain - Law - 1817 - 698 pages
...Inheritance, forasmuch as the ' Church accepted! such for legi' timate. And all the Earls and ' Barons with one voice answered, • That they would not change the ' Laws of the Realm, which 'hitherto have been used and ilnji.96. 'approved.' BASTARDS. (1) While we applaud,... | |
| Sir William Blackstone - Law - 1825 - 660 pages
...law) declared such children legitimate : but " all the earls and barons (says the parliament " rollf) with one voice answered, that they would not change " the laws of England, which had hitherto been used and " approved." And we find the same jealousy prevailing above a century afterwards... | |
| William Blackstone - 1825 - 572 pages
...declared such children legitimate : but " all the earls and barons (says the parliament " roll f ) with one voice answered, that they would not change " the laws of England, which had hitherto been used and " approved." And we find the same jealousy prevailing above a century afterwards... | |
| Sir Edward Coke - Law reports, digests, etc - 1826 - 552 pages
...of inheritance, forasmuch as the church accepteth such for legilimale ; and all the earls and barons with one voice answered, that they would not change the laws of this realm, which hitherto have been used and approved. Which uniform and resolute answer of all Ihe... | |
| Great Britain. Court of King's Bench - Law reports, digests, etc - 1827 - 804 pages
...into England, upon being pressed to do which by the bishops, it is said, " all the earls and barons with one voice answered, that they would not change the laws of England, which had hitherto been used and approved." That may be properly cited to shew the inflexibility of the law... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1826 - 790 pages
...barons, on being instanced by the bishops to allow such as were born before marriage to be legitimate, " with one voice answered that they would not change the laws of the realm, which have hitherto been used and approved." This statute may be very properly cited to... | |
| George Lunt - Law - 1835 - 28 pages
...Parliament of Merton, when the clergy offered an obnoxious act, " all the earls and barons," says the roll, " with one voice answered that they would not change the laws of England, which had hitherto been used and approved." The contest between the clergy and the laity continued many years,... | |
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