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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... desire to add , that it may be a doubt upon the act of union , between England and Scot- land , whether the independents , in New England , are any more than a tolerated ministry , and people . The act of uniformity 13 , 14 , Ch . II ...
... desire to add , that it may be a doubt upon the act of union , between England and Scot- land , whether the independents , in New England , are any more than a tolerated ministry , and people . The act of uniformity 13 , 14 , Ch . II ...
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... desires the opinion of my lords of Canterbury , and London , and one or two of the best civilians , whether the king , or the vestry , are the patrons of the several churches , ( here a copy of the Virginia law about vestries is to be ...
... desires the opinion of my lords of Canterbury , and London , and one or two of the best civilians , whether the king , or the vestry , are the patrons of the several churches , ( here a copy of the Virginia law about vestries is to be ...
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... desire to inhabit and reside there , and the powers of government over the said colony were thereby vested in them for the term of twenty - one years ; and further setting forth ( amongst other things ) the several steps they have taken ...
... desire to inhabit and reside there , and the powers of government over the said colony were thereby vested in them for the term of twenty - one years ; and further setting forth ( amongst other things ) the several steps they have taken ...
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... desire your immediate opinion , whether a surrender executed ' by four , out of six , as aforesaid , be valid , and ef fectual . WM . POPPLE . The attorney - general's report upon the sur render of the proprietors . I am of opinion ...
... desire your immediate opinion , whether a surrender executed ' by four , out of six , as aforesaid , be valid , and ef fectual . WM . POPPLE . The attorney - general's report upon the sur render of the proprietors . I am of opinion ...
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... desire , which he accord- ingly did , about a year ago , and several families are now settled thereon , and improving the same , which were afterwards to be ratified to them . That the inhabitants of Massachusets Bay , who , till this ...
... desire , which he accord- ingly did , about a year ago , and several families are now settled thereon , and improving the same , which were afterwards to be ratified to them . That the inhabitants of Massachusets Bay , who , till this ...
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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...