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... bills was first conceded . Henry IV . died in 1413 , and was succeeded by his son , Henry V. The reign of HENRY V. is memorable for his wars with France . At Agincourt , in 1415 , the French met with a disastrous defeat . The following ...
... bills was first conceded . Henry IV . died in 1413 , and was succeeded by his son , Henry V. The reign of HENRY V. is memorable for his wars with France . At Agincourt , in 1415 , the French met with a disastrous defeat . The following ...
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... bills , he returned an equivocal answer apparently framed in such a manner as not to interfere ( in his opinion ) with ... bill in the usual form . The Commons then granted the king five subsidies together amounting to a considerable sum ...
... bills , he returned an equivocal answer apparently framed in such a manner as not to interfere ( in his opinion ) with ... bill in the usual form . The Commons then granted the king five subsidies together amounting to a considerable sum ...
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... bill of attainder against Strafford . A bill of attainder accordingly passed both Houses , and on being presented to the king for his signature , caused the monarch the greatest perplexity and distress , for shortly before Strafford ...
... bill of attainder against Strafford . A bill of attainder accordingly passed both Houses , and on being presented to the king for his signature , caused the monarch the greatest perplexity and distress , for shortly before Strafford ...
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... bill , and the speedy assent given to it by the king seems to confirm this suspicion , or possibly his acquiescence may have been intended to allay the distrust of the Commons . The deplorable massacre of Protestant settlers in Ireland ...
... bill , and the speedy assent given to it by the king seems to confirm this suspicion , or possibly his acquiescence may have been intended to allay the distrust of the Commons . The deplorable massacre of Protestant settlers in Ireland ...
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... bill of the Commons to place the militia under the command of lieutenants of their own choice , to be appointed by the king , was however the ostensible cause of the outbreak of civil war , and the parliament at once took measures to ...
... bill of the Commons to place the militia under the command of lieutenants of their own choice , to be appointed by the king , was however the ostensible cause of the outbreak of civil war , and the parliament at once took measures to ...
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Page 52 - ... the jury sworn to try the issue may give a general verdict of guilty or not guilty upon the whole matter put in issue upon such indictment or information ; and shall not be required or directed, by the court or judge before whom such indictment or information...
Page 96 - That no contract for the sale of any goods, wares, and merchandise, for the price of ten pounds sterling or upwards, shall be allowed to be good, except the buyer shall accept part of the goods so sold, and actually receive the same...
Page 351 - Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under enemy's flag; 4. Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective — that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy.
Page 115 - Whenever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect, or default, and the act, neglect, or default is such as would, if death had not ensued, have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof...
Page 45 - ... no person born out of the kingdoms of England, Scotland or Ireland or the dominions thereunto belonging (although he be naturalized or made a denizen, except such as are born of English parents) shall be capable to be of the privy council, or a member of either house of parliament, or to enjoy any office or place of trust, either civil or military, or to have any grant of lands, tenements or hereditaments from the crown to himself or to any other or others in trust for him.
Page 217 - Kent, or the custom of any borough, or any other particular custom, shall be in writing, and signed by the party so devising the same, or by some other person in his presence and by his express directions, and shall be attested and subscribed in the presence of the said devisor by three or four credible witnesses, or else they shall be utterly void and of none effect.
Page 206 - That if no disposition by will shall be made of any estate pur autre vie of a freehold nature, the same shall be chargeable in the hands of the heir, if it shall come to him by reason of special occupancy, as assets by descent, as in the case of freehold...
Page 220 - Where any real estate shall be devised to any person without any words of limitation, such devise shall be construed to pass the fee simple or other the whole estate or interest, which the testator had power to dispose of by the will, in such real estate, unless a contrary intention shall appear by the will.
Page 18 - All merchants shall have safe and secure conduct, to go out of, and to come into England, and to stay there and to pass as well by land as by water, for buying and selling by the ancient and allowed customs, without any unjust tolls ; except in time of war, or when they are of any nation at war with us.
Page 46 - That no person who has an office or place of profit under the King, or receives a pension from the crown, shall be capable of serving as a member of the house of commons.