The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke ...: Miscellaneous speeches, letters, and fragments. Abridgment of English history, etc. With a general indexG. Bell & sons, 1890 - Political science |
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... court of equity , to prefer a bill against his father , and compel him to confess , upon oath , the quantity and value of his substance , personal as well as real , of what nature soever , or howsoever it might be employed ; upon which ...
... court of equity , to prefer a bill against his father , and compel him to confess , upon oath , the quantity and value of his substance , personal as well as real , of what nature soever , or howsoever it might be employed ; upon which ...
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... courts of law are not alone open to him ; he may ( and this is the usual method ) enter into either of the courts of equity , and call upon the parties , and those whom he suspects to be their trustees , upon oath , and under the ...
... courts of law are not alone open to him ; he may ( and this is the usual method ) enter into either of the courts of equity , and call upon the parties , and those whom he suspects to be their trustees , upon oath , and under the ...
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... court . Perhaps it would be full as dangerous to have the people under the conduct of factious pastors of their own , as under a foreign ecclesiastical court . In the second year of the reign of Queen Elizabeth were enacted several ...
... court . Perhaps it would be full as dangerous to have the people under the conduct of factious pastors of their own , as under a foreign ecclesiastical court . In the second year of the reign of Queen Elizabeth were enacted several ...
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... court upon earth , will say that is law upon which , if a man going to his counsel should say to him , What is my tenure in law of this estate ? he would answer , Truly , Sir , I know not ; the court has no rule but its own discretion ...
... court upon earth , will say that is law upon which , if a man going to his counsel should say to him , What is my tenure in law of this estate ? he would answer , Truly , Sir , I know not ; the court has no rule but its own discretion ...
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... courts of law applying the principles of law to new cases as they emerge is altogether frivolous , inapplicable , and ... court of judicature therefore a power of making incapacities is not necessary to the House of Commons . Incapacity ...
... courts of law applying the principles of law to new cases as they emerge is altogether frivolous , inapplicable , and ... court of judicature therefore a power of making incapacities is not necessary to the House of Commons . Incapacity ...
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Page 107 - And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him. So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.