The British Prose Writers...: De Lolme on the constitutionJ. Sharpe, 1821 - British prose literature |
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... Equity ; in which I wish . it may be found I have not been mistaken : of the two • Certain errors that are not discovered , are , in several cases , compensated by others , which are equally unperceived . Continuing to avail myself of ...
... Equity ; in which I wish . it may be found I have not been mistaken : of the two • Certain errors that are not discovered , are , in several cases , compensated by others , which are equally unperceived . Continuing to avail myself of ...
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... equity . When it is formed by the twelve judges , to whom sometimes the lord chancellor is joined , its office is to deliberate , when properly referred and ap- plied to , and give an opinion on important and difficult causes , before ...
... equity . When it is formed by the twelve judges , to whom sometimes the lord chancellor is joined , its office is to deliberate , when properly referred and ap- plied to , and give an opinion on important and difficult causes , before ...
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... Equity . HOWEVER , there are limits to these fictions and subtilties ; and the remedies of the law cannot by their means be extended to all cases that may arise , unless too many absurdities are suffered to be accu- mulated ; nay ...
... Equity . HOWEVER , there are limits to these fictions and subtilties ; and the remedies of the law cannot by their means be extended to all cases that may arise , unless too many absurdities are suffered to be accu- mulated ; nay ...
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... equity . The generality of people , misled by the word equity , have conceived false notions of the office of these courts ; and it seems to be generally thought , that the judges who sit in them are only to follow the rules of natural ...
... equity . The generality of people , misled by the word equity , have conceived false notions of the office of these courts ; and it seems to be generally thought , that the judges who sit in them are only to follow the rules of natural ...
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... equity have a power to administer justice to individuals , unrestrained ( not by the law , but ) by the profes- sional law difficulties which lawyers have from time to time contrived in the courts of common law , and to which the judges ...
... equity have a power to administer justice to individuals , unrestrained ( not by the law , but ) by the profes- sional law difficulties which lawyers have from time to time contrived in the courts of common law , and to which the judges ...
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Page 86 - That the freedom of speech, and debates or proceedings in Parliament, ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Parliament.
Page 160 - ... it the first week of the next term, or the first day of the next session of oyer and terminer...
Page 82 - Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the Gospel, and the Protestant reformed religion established by law ; and will you preserve unto the bishops and clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain unto them, or any of them ? ' King or queen :
Page 35 - Nullus liber homo capiatur, vel imprisonetur, aut dissaisiatur, aut utlagetur, aut exuletur, aut aliquo modo destruatur, nee super eum ibimus, nee super eum mittemus, nisi per legale judicium parium suorum, vel per legem terrae.
Page 45 - That King James II., having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of the kingdom, by breaking the original contract between king and people ; and by the advice of Jesuits and other wicked persons, having violated the fundamental laws and having withdrawn himself out of the kingdom, has abdicated the government, and that the throne is thereby vacant.
Page 82 - The archbishop or bishop shall say. Will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the people of this kingdom of England, and the dominions thereto belonging, according to the statutes in parliament agreed on, and the laws and customs of the same? — The king or queen shall say, I solemnly promise so to do.
Page 66 - Norman-French (84); a badge, it must be owned, (now the only one remaining), of conquest; and which one could wish to see fall into total oblivion, unless it be reserved as a solemn memento to remind us that our liberties are mortal, having once been destroyed by a foreign force.
Page 159 - That officers and keepers neglecting to make due returns, or not delivering to the prisoner or his agent within six hours after demand a copy of the warrant of commitment, or shifting the custody of...
Page 82 - Power maintain the Laws of God, the true Profession of the Gospel and the Protestant Reformed Religion established by Law ? and will you preserve unto the Bishops and Clergy of this Realm, and to the Churches committed to their Charge, all such Rights and Privileges as by Law do or shall appertain unto them, or any of them ? King and Queen : All this I promise to do.
Page 82 - And will you preserve unto the bishops and " clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to " their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do " or shall appertain unto them, or any of them ? — King " or queen. All this I promise to do.