The Constitutions and Other Select Documents Illustrative of the History of France, 1789-1901 |
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... condition of things ; because the members who com- pose it are the only representatives lawfully and publicly known and verified ; because they are sent directly by almost the totality of the nation ; because , lastly , the ...
... condition of things ; because the members who com- pose it are the only representatives lawfully and publicly known and verified ; because they are sent directly by almost the totality of the nation ; because , lastly , the ...
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... condition , however , that in case of war , or other national danger , the Sovereign shall have the right to borrow without delay , to the amount of one hundred millions ; for it is the formal intention of the King never to make the ...
... condition , however , that in case of war , or other national danger , the Sovereign shall have the right to borrow without delay , to the amount of one hundred millions ; for it is the formal intention of the King never to make the ...
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... condition of the provinces read in the Constituent Assembly on the night of August 4 led to the adoption of this decree . It was passed in a burst of enthusiasm for the regeneration of France . This haste made necessary some slight ...
... condition of the provinces read in the Constituent Assembly on the night of August 4 led to the adoption of this decree . It was passed in a burst of enthusiasm for the regeneration of France . This haste made necessary some slight ...
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... condition , however , that some other method be devised to provide for the expenses of divine wor- ship , the support of the officiating clergy , for the assistance of the poor , for repairs and rebuilding of churches and parson- ages ...
... condition , however , that some other method be devised to provide for the expenses of divine wor- ship , the support of the officiating clergy , for the assistance of the poor , for repairs and rebuilding of churches and parson- ages ...
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... Duvergier , Lois , I , 54-55 . The National Assembly decrees , Ist , All the ecclesiastical estates are at the disposal of the nation , on condition of pro- viding in a suitable manner for the expenses of worship DECLARATION OF RIGHTS 15.
... Duvergier , Lois , I , 54-55 . The National Assembly decrees , Ist , All the ecclesiastical estates are at the disposal of the nation , on condition of pro- viding in a suitable manner for the expenses of worship DECLARATION OF RIGHTS 15.
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Page 111 - Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. Social distinctions can be based only upon public utility. 2. The aim of every political association is the preservation of the natural and imprescriptible rights of man.
Page 565 - Privateering is, and remains abolished. 2. The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war. 3. Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under the enemy's flag.
Page 388 - Present, the King's most excellent Majesty in Council. — Whereas the French government has issued certain orders, which, in violation of the usages of war, purport to prohibit the commerce of all Neutral Nations with his majesty's dominions, and also to prevent such nations from trading with any other country, in any articles, the growth, produce, or manufacture of his majesty's dominions : and whereas the said government has also taken upon itself to declare all his majesty's dominions to be in...
Page 562 - If there should arise between the Sublime Porte and one or more of the other Signing Powers, any misunderstanding which might endanger the maintenance of their relations, the Sublime Porte, and each of such Powers, before having recourse to the use of force, shall afford the other Contracting Parties the opportunity of preventing such an extremity by means of their Mediation.
Page 563 - July, 1841, which maintains the ancient rule of the Ottoman Empire relative to the closing of the Straits of the Bosphorus and of the Dardanelles, has been revised by common consent. The Act concluded for that purpose, and in conformity with that principle, between the High Contracting Parties, is and remains annexed to the present Treaty, and shall have the same force and validity as if it formed an integral part thereof.
Page 396 - And the right honourable the lords commissioners of his majesty's treasury, his majesty's principal secretaries of state, the lords commissioners of the admiralty, and the judge of the high court of admiralty and judges of the courts of vice admiralty are to give the necessary directions herein as to them may respectively appertain.
Page 562 - Sardinia, declare the Sublime Porte admitted to participate in the advantages of the public law and system (concert^ of Europe. Their Majesties engage, each on his part, to respect the independence and the territorial integrity of the •Ottoman Empire '} guarantee in common the strict observance of that engagement, and will, in consequence, consider any act tending to its violation as a question of general interest.
Page 561 - His Majesty the Emperor of the French, His Majesty the King of Prussia, His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias...
Page 388 - Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, that no vessel shall be permitted to trade from one port to another, both which ports shall belong to, or be in the possession of France or her allies, or shall be so far under their control as that British vessels may not freely trade thereat...
Page 566 - Convinced that the maxims which they now proclaim cannot but be received with gratitude by the whole world, the undersigned Plenipotentiaries doubt not that the efforts of their Governments to obtain the general adoption thereof will be crowned with full success. The present Declaration is not and shall not be binding, except between those Powers who have acceded, or shall accede, to it.