The Textbook of the Constitution: Magna Charta, the Petition of Right, and the Bill of RightsThis 19th-century British political science textbook contains the text of theMagna Charta, the Petition of Right and the English Bill of Rights, three documents that inspired the writing of the United States Bill of Rights in 1789. |
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Abbot according aforesaid aids ancient appeal authority barons became Bill bishops body boroughs called cause Chapter of John's Charter chief claim committed confirmed consent constitutional continued council court criminal crown customs death determined Earl Edward effect elected enacted England English established execution exercise existence expressed freeholders give given granted heirs Henry hold House of Commons important imprisoned influence institutions John John's Charter judgment justice King king's kingdom knights land liberties limited lords Magna Charta Majesties manner matters means measure middle classes ministers nature never Norman oath observed obtained officers original parliament party passed peers persons Petition political possess present principles realm reason Reform reign representatives respecting royal sheriffs sovereign statute subjects summoned taken temporal term things towns Trial by Jury unless vote writ
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Стр. 23 - No freeman shall be taken, or imprisoned, or be disseised of his freehold, or liberties, or free customs, or be outlawed or exiled, or any otherwise destroyed ; nor will we pass upon him, nor condemn him, but by lawful judgment of his peers, or by the law of the land.
Стр. 46 - ... during their lives and the life of the survivor of them; and that the sole and full exercise of the regal power be only in and executed by the said prince of Orange...
Стр. 44 - That the pretended power of dispensing with laws, or the execution of laws by regal authority, as it hath been assumed and exercised of late, is illegal.
Стр. 45 - ... to be to the heirs of the body of the said Princess ; and for default of such issue, to the Princess Anne of Denmark and the heirs of her body ; and for default of such issue, to the heirs of the body of the said Prince of Orange.
Стр. 38 - Nevertheless, against the tenor of the said statutes, and other, the good laws and statutes of your realm to that end provided, divers of your subjects have of late been imprisoned without any cause...
Стр. 44 - 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.
Стр. 43 - By levying money for and to the use of the Crown by pretence of prerogative, for other time and in other manner than the same was granted by Parliament.
Стр. 43 - By causing several good subjects, being Protestants, to be disarmed, at the same time when Papists were both armed and employed contrary to law; 7.
Стр. 46 - ... or any part of the same, or to have, use, or exercise any regal power, authority, or jurisdiction within the same ; and in all and every such case or cases the people of these realms shall be, and are hereby absolved of their allegiance ; and the said crown and government shall from time to time descend to, and be enjoyed by such person or persons, being Protestants, as should have inherited and enjoyed the same, in case the said person or persons so reconciled, holding communion, or professing,...
Стр. 38 - Charter, and the law of the land: and by the said Great Charter and other the laws and statutes of this your realm, no man ought to be adjudged to death; but by the laws established in this your realm, either by the customs of the...
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| Название | The Textbook of the Constitution: Magna Charta, the Petition of Right, and the Bill of Rights Legal classics library World constitutions illustrated |
| Автор | Edward Shepherd Creasy |
| Издатель | Richard Bentley, 1848 |
| Владелец оригинала: | Калифорнийский университет |
| Оцифровано | 25 окт 2007 |
| Количество страниц | Всего страниц: 63 |
| Экспорт цитаты | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |