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... consent of the nation , a solemn reference to the pope Zacharias , as to the deposition of Chilperic III . , under whose nominal authority he himself was reigning . The de- cision was favorable ; that he who possessed the power should ...
... consent of the nation , a solemn reference to the pope Zacharias , as to the deposition of Chilperic III . , under whose nominal authority he himself was reigning . The de- cision was favorable ; that he who possessed the power should ...
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... consent . Upon the death of either no further partition was to be made ; but whichever of his children might become the popular choice was to inherit the whole kingdom , under the same superiority of the head of the family . This ...
... consent . Upon the death of either no further partition was to be made ; but whichever of his children might become the popular choice was to inherit the whole kingdom , under the same superiority of the head of the family . This ...
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... consent , when , if they should refuse to make such renunciation , their claim 21 " Journal des Savans " for 1819 . 22 H. Martin , who has given at great length the history of the condemnation of the Templars ( Hist , de France , " vol ...
... consent , when , if they should refuse to make such renunciation , their claim 21 " Journal des Savans " for 1819 . 22 H. Martin , who has given at great length the history of the condemnation of the Templars ( Hist , de France , " vol ...
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... consent to relinquish . After several conferences , which his demands rendered abortive , the French court at length consented to add Normandy to the cessions made in the peace at Bretigni ; and the treaty , though laboring under some ...
... consent to relinquish . After several conferences , which his demands rendered abortive , the French court at length consented to add Normandy to the cessions made in the peace at Bretigni ; and the treaty , though laboring under some ...
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... consent . At the peace of Arras the districts of Macon and Auxerre were solutely ceded to Philip , and great part of Picardy condit.onally made over to him , re- deemable on the payment of four hundred thousand crowns . GENEALOGICAL ...
... consent . At the peace of Arras the districts of Macon and Auxerre were solutely ceded to Philip , and great part of Picardy condit.onally made over to him , re- deemable on the payment of four hundred thousand crowns . GENEALOGICAL ...
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Page 443 - Moreover, we have granted for us and our heirs, as well to archbishops, bishops, abbots, priors, and other folk of holy Church, as also to earls, barons, and to all the commonalty of the land, that for no business from henceforth...
Page 518 - As the head of a body natural cannot change its nerves and sinews, cannot deny to the several parts their proper energy, their due proportion and aliment of blood; neither can a king, who is the head of a body politic, change the laws thereof, nor take from the people what is theirs, by right, against their consent.
Page 456 - But in the very second year of the son's reign they granted the twenty-fifth penny of their goods, '• upon this condition, that the king should take advice and grant redress upon certain articles wherein they are aggrieved.
Page 424 - Whether courts of justice framed the writ of Habeas Corpus in conformity to the spirit of this clause, or found it already in their register, it became from that era the right of every subject to demand it.
Page 418 - From the sale of that justice which every citizen has a right to demand, it was an easy transition to withhold or deny it. Fines were received for the king's help against the adverse suitor; that is, for perversion of justice, or for delay. Sometimes they were paid by opposite parties, and, of course, for opposite ends.