 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - Great Britain - 1818 - 414 pages
...and for the benefit of " us, our heirs and successors ; which said laws are not to be repugnant, but as " near as may be agreeable to the laws and statutes of this our kingdom of Great " Britain." The said letters patent reserve to the King, first, a negative... | |
 | Selden Society - Colonial companies - 1918 - 472 pages
...whatsoever : [Such laws to be observed] yet so as the same [laws &c.] be not contrary or repugnant but as near as may be agreeable to the laws and statutes of this our Realm and be ratified and confirmed according to the Statute in that behalf made and provided... | |
 | Richard Hildreth - History - 1854 - 308 pages
...existence, expressly restricted the enactments of those assemblies to such acts as " were not repugnant, but as near as may be agreeable, to the laws and statutes of the kingdom of England." This doctrine of the restricted powers of the colonial legislatures was perfectly... | |
 | William MacDonald - Charters - 1916 - 684 pages
...proprietors may make ordinances ;] so as such Ordinances be reasonable, and not repugnant or contrary, but as near as may be, agreeable to the laws and statutes of this our Kingdom of England, and so as the same ordinances do not extend to the binding, charging,... | |
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... not to be repugnant but as near as may be agreeable to the laws and statutes of this our kingdom of Great Britain... 
