A Statistical Account of the British Empire: Exhibiting Its Extent, Physical Capacities, Population, Industry, and Civil and Religious Institutions, Том 2C. Knight, 1839 |
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... King , and the Lords Spiritual , the Lords Temporal , and the Commons . * The King is supreme ; by him all new laws purport to be enacted , with the consent of the two Houses ; and his office hereditary . The Lords Spiritual and ...
... King , and the Lords Spiritual , the Lords Temporal , and the Commons . * The King is supreme ; by him all new laws purport to be enacted , with the consent of the two Houses ; and his office hereditary . The Lords Spiritual and ...
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... King to suppress disturbances , and preserve peace throughout the kingdom , any violation of which is therefore called a breach of the King's peace . In our foreign relations , he makes war and peace , negotiates treaties , sends ...
... King to suppress disturbances , and preserve peace throughout the kingdom , any violation of which is therefore called a breach of the King's peace . In our foreign relations , he makes war and peace , negotiates treaties , sends ...
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... king was termed lord paramount , his tenants barons , crown vassals , and tenants in capite , and their lands feuds or fiefs . The king's immediate tenants again divided their lands to other subtenants , who entered into similar ...
... king was termed lord paramount , his tenants barons , crown vassals , and tenants in capite , and their lands feuds or fiefs . The king's immediate tenants again divided their lands to other subtenants , who entered into similar ...
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... King John on Runnymeade , on the 15th of June , 1215. The credit of drawing it up is usually attributed to William ... king's power , as feudal lord ; but the remainder contains principles of uni- versal application , which gives it an ...
... King John on Runnymeade , on the 15th of June , 1215. The credit of drawing it up is usually attributed to William ... king's power , as feudal lord ; but the remainder contains principles of uni- versal application , which gives it an ...
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... King and his office comes more properly under that part of the present inquiry which treats of the executive department of ... King's serjeants ( unless they are members of the Commons , in which case their attend- ance is dispensed with ) ...
... King and his office comes more properly under that part of the present inquiry which treats of the executive department of ... King's serjeants ( unless they are members of the Commons , in which case their attend- ance is dispensed with ) ...
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