Opinions of Eminent Lawyers, on Various Points of English Jurisprudence: Chiefly Concerning the Colonies, Fisheries and Commerce, of Great Britain : Collected, and Digested, from the Originals, in the Board of Trade, and Other Depositories, Volumes 1-2Reed and Hunter, 1814 - Commercial law |
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Page 111
... demise , alien , bargain , sell , and dispose of , as other our liege people of this our realm of England , or other corporation , or body politic , of the same , may lawfully do . In the fifteenth year of king Charles the First , the ...
... demise , alien , bargain , sell , and dispose of , as other our liege people of this our realm of England , or other corporation , or body politic , of the same , may lawfully do . In the fifteenth year of king Charles the First , the ...
Page 226
... demise of the late king , the act for supporting the honor and dignity of the government did not de- termine , and the salary of £ 6000 per annum , thereby provided for the governor , ceased to be due , by reason , that his new ...
... demise of the late king , the act for supporting the honor and dignity of the government did not de- termine , and the salary of £ 6000 per annum , thereby provided for the governor , ceased to be due , by reason , that his new ...
Page 230
... demise of his late majesty , king George , but will remain in force , as long as Mr. Worsley con- tinues governor of Barbadoes , and shall personally reside in the island . It is observable , that the tax , & c . is granted to his ...
... demise of his late majesty , king George , but will remain in force , as long as Mr. Worsley con- tinues governor of Barbadoes , and shall personally reside in the island . It is observable , that the tax , & c . is granted to his ...
Page 231
... demise , it may be a conti- nuance of him as governor , within the intention of the act , though I think this point is something doubtful ; but if the six months expired , and then a new commission was granted , it seems to me , that ...
... demise , it may be a conti- nuance of him as governor , within the intention of the act , though I think this point is something doubtful ; but if the six months expired , and then a new commission was granted , it seems to me , that ...
Page 239
... demise of the queen , or her succes- sors ; and if a new commission was granted to Mr. Worsley , within the six months after his late ma- jesty's demise , it may be a continuance of him as governor within the intention of the act ...
... demise of the queen , or her succes- sors ; and if a new commission was granted to Mr. Worsley , within the six months after his late ma- jesty's demise , it may be a continuance of him as governor within the intention of the act ...
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act of navigation act of parliament act passed acts of assembly admiralty admiralty courts aliens allegiance America annexed appointed apprehend attorney-general authority Barbadoes bill Britain British subjects charter clause colonies commands commission commissioners for trade common law confirmed considered council court crown demise duke of York duty enacted escheats execution governor granted hath heirs honorable the lords humbly of opinion inhabitants instructions intitled island Jamaica judges judgment jurisdiction justice king king's lands late letter letters patent lords commissioners lords proprietors lordships majesty majesty's Massachusets ment mentioned neral nified NORTHEY obedience objection offences officers patent peace persons petition petitioners Popple possession prerogative present proper proprietors prorogued province quære question reason repealed right honorable royal Ryder seal settled ships solicitor-general sovereignty statute Surinam thereby therein thereof Thomas Lynch tion trade and plantations treaty William writ writ of summons York
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Page 60 - The Council established at Plymouth in the County of Devon, for the Planting, ruling, ordering and Governing of New England in America" and to them and their Successors grants all the lands, &c., Viz.
Page 429 - Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, to be free, sovereign and independent States ; that he treats with them as such, and for himself, his heirs and successors, relinquishes all claims to the Government, proprietary and territorial rights of the same, and every part thereof.
Page 5 - Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the Laws of God, the true profession of the Gospel, and the Protestant Reformed Religion established by law ? And will you maintain and preserve inviolably the settlement of the Church of England, and the doctrine, worship, discipline, and government thereof, as by law established...
Page 44 - Higansetts abutting upon the main land between the two Rivers there called or known by the several names of Connecticut and Hudsons River together also with the said...
Page 24 - To the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations. MAY IT PLEASE YOUR LORDSHIPS, In Obedience to your Lordships...
Page 17 - You are not to prefer any minister to any ecclesiastical benefice in that our province without a certificate from the Right Reverend Father in God the Lord Bishop of London, of his being conformable to the doctrine and discipline of the Church of England and of a good life and conversation.
Page 182 - The general court shall forever have full power and authority to erect and constitute judicatories and courts of record, or other courts, to be held in the name of the commonwealth, for the hearing, trying, and determining of all manner of crimes, offences, pleas, processes, plaints, actions, matters, causes, and things, whatsoever, arising or happening within the...
Page 380 - It is agreed that British subjects who now hold lands in the territories of the United States, and American citizens who now hold lands in the dominions of His Majesty, shall continue to hold them according to the nature and tenure of their respective estates and titles therein ; and may grant, sell, or devise the same to whom they please, in like manner as if they were natives; and that neither they nor their heirs or assigns shall, so far as may respect the said lands and the legal remedies incident...
Page 290 - Individuals, of and with the Advice, Assent, and Approbation of the Free-Men of the said Province, or of the greater Part of them, or of their Delegates or Deputies...
Page 10 - ... we do by these presents, for us, our heirs and successors, grant, establish and ordain, that...