The Book of the Constitution of Great BritainBlackie & Son; (etc., etc.), 1835 - 788 páginas |
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... received throughout Europe upwards of twelve centuries ago , that Sir Henry Spelman does not scruple to call it the law of nations , in the western parts of the Old World . The essential principle of a fief was a mutual contract of ...
... received throughout Europe upwards of twelve centuries ago , that Sir Henry Spelman does not scruple to call it the law of nations , in the western parts of the Old World . The essential principle of a fief was a mutual contract of ...
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... received in England till after the conquest , when William the Norman introduced it . But the Conqueror does not appear to have effected the introduction of feudal tenures immediately , and when he did accomplish it , it was not by an ...
... received in England till after the conquest , when William the Norman introduced it . But the Conqueror does not appear to have effected the introduction of feudal tenures immediately , and when he did accomplish it , it was not by an ...
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... received the lands from his bounty , upon these express condi- tions , as pure , proper , beneficiary feudatories . But whatever their meaning was , the Norman interpreters , skilled in all the niceties of the feudal constitu- tions ...
... received the lands from his bounty , upon these express condi- tions , as pure , proper , beneficiary feudatories . But whatever their meaning was , the Norman interpreters , skilled in all the niceties of the feudal constitu- tions ...
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... received a kiss from his lord . The ceremonies used in conferring a fief were principally three : hom- age , fealty , and investiture . 1. The first was designed as a significant expres- sion of the submission and devotedness of the ...
... received a kiss from his lord . The ceremonies used in conferring a fief were principally three : hom- age , fealty , and investiture . 1. The first was designed as a significant expres- sion of the submission and devotedness of the ...
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... received the honour of knight- hood , commonly from the hands of the prince , earl , or baron in whose court he had spent his youth , and received his education . When the honour of knighthood was conferred , it was accompanied with a ...
... received the honour of knight- hood , commonly from the hands of the prince , earl , or baron in whose court he had spent his youth , and received his education . When the honour of knighthood was conferred , it was accompanied with a ...
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Página 633 - So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife, loveth himself; for no man ever yet hated his own flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church for we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
Página 141 - ... for he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
Página 633 - The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth ; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will ; only in the Lord.
Página 632 - Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
Página 141 - Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God : the powers that be are ordained of God. Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil.
Página 45 - That the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of parliament, is against law.
Página 713 - And shall subscribe a profession of their Christian belief, in these words : I, AB, profess faith in God the Father, and in Jesus Christ his eternal Son, the true God, and in the Holy Spirit, one God blessed for evermore ; and do acknowledge the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be given by divine inspiration.
Página 604 - Crown, and better securing the rights and liberties of the subject, is and stands limited to the Princess Sophia, Electress and Duchess Dowager of Hanover and the heirs of her body being protestants. And all these things I do plainly and sincerely acknowledge and swear according to these express words by me spoken and according to the plain and common sense and understanding of the same words without any equivocation, mental evasion or secret reservation whatsoever. And I do make this recognition,...
Página 632 - For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband : else were your children unclean ; but now are they holy.
Página 45 - That the commission for erecting the late court of commissioners for ecclesiastical causes, and all other commissions and courts of like nature, are illegal and pernicious.