| Henry John Stephen - Law - 1863 - 772 pages
...the per- (i) I Hale, PC 384. [His being or providence ; or by contumelious reproaches of our Lord and Saviour Christ : whither, also, may be referred all...Scripture, or exposing it to contempt and ridicule. These are offences punishable at common law by fine and imprisonment, or other infamous corporal punishment... | |
| William Swan Plumer - Summary of the Law (Theology) - 1864 - 678 pages
...to him, or attributing to him what is not agreeable to his nature." Blackstone defines it as a crime "against the Almighty, by denying his being or providence...Scripture, or exposing it to contempt and ridicule." In the Apocalypse, John describes the great beast as " having a mouth, speaking great things and blasphemies."... | |
| William Swan Plumer - Summary of the Law (Theology) - 1864 - 648 pages
...to him, or attributing to him what is not agreeable to his nature." Blackstone defines it as a crime "against the Almighty, by denying his being or providence...Scripture, or exposing it to contempt and ridicule." In the Apocalypse, John describes the great beast as " having a mouth, speaking great things and blasphemies."... | |
| Sir William BLACKSTONE - Law - 1865 - 642 pages
...against the Almighty, by denying his being, or providence; or by contumelious reproaches of our Saviour. Whither also may be referred all profane scoffing...Scripture, or exposing it to contempt and ridicule, which are offences punishable at common law by fine and imprisonment, for Christianity is part of the... | |
| William Blackstone, George Sharswood - Great Britain - 1866 - 780 pages
...his being or providence; or by contumelious reproaches of onr Saviour Christ.' Whither also may bo referred all profane scoffing at the holy scripture, or exposing it to contempt and ridicule. These are offences punishable at common law by fine and imprisonment, or other infamous corporal punishment... | |
| Charles Knight - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1866 - 526 pages
...Blackstone to be " denying the being or providence of God, contumelious reproaches of our Saviour Christ, profane scoffing at the Holy Scripture, or exposing it to contempt and ridicule." BLAST FURNACE. BLASTING. 180 (' Commentaries,' b. iv. c. iv.) All .these heads, except the first, to... | |
| George Jacob Holyoake - Atheism - 1861 - 156 pages
...or providence, or by contumelious reproaches of our Saviour, Christ. Whither also may be preferred all profane scoffing at the Holy Scripture, or exposing it to contempt and ridicule. These are offences punishable at common law by fine and imprisonment, or other infamous corporal punishi... | |
| Henry John Stephen - Law - 1874 - 724 pages
...against the Almighty by denying His being or providence ; or by contumelious reproaches of our Lord and Saviour Christ : whither, also, may be referred all...Scripture, or exposing it to contempt and ridicule. These [are offences punishable at common law by fine and imprisonment, or other infamous corporal punishment... | |
| William Blackstone, George Sharswood - Law - 1875 - 778 pages
...correct more for the sake of example than private amendment. . The fourth species of offences, therefore, more immediately against God and religion, is that...scripture, or exposing it to contempt and ridicule. These are offences punishable at common law bv fine and imprisonment, or other infamous corporal punishment... | |
| Herbert Broom, Edward Alfred Hadley - Law - 1875 - 858 pages
...being or providence; or by contumelious reproaches of our Saviour, iv. Blasphemy, ç^iat (¡). (635) Whither also may be referred all profane scoffing...scripture, or exposing it to contempt and ridicule. These are offences punishable at common law by fine and imprisonment, or corporal punishment (m) :... | |
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