A Treatise on the Election Laws in Scotland: To which is Added an Historical Inquiry Concerning the Municipal Constitutions of Towns and Boroughs ...W. Blackwood, 1827 - 640 pages |
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Page 403
... gilds and crafts ; various ranks of magistrates , and a common council ; -coincidences which can hardly be supposed to be accidental . A remark- able similarity may also be observed between an institution , well known in many English ...
... gilds and crafts ; various ranks of magistrates , and a common council ; -coincidences which can hardly be supposed to be accidental . A remark- able similarity may also be observed between an institution , well known in many English ...
Page 422
... Gilds and Crafts . Associations of merchants and of artificers , similar to the societies distinguished in modern times by the names of gilds , crafts , and mysteries , were well known amongst the Romans under the denominations of the ...
... Gilds and Crafts . Associations of merchants and of artificers , similar to the societies distinguished in modern times by the names of gilds , crafts , and mysteries , were well known amongst the Romans under the denominations of the ...
Page 425
... gild ; and the more worthy of remark , because its system of internal go- vernment seems to have been , to a considerable extent , iden- tified with the municipal government of the town itself . The association got the name of La ...
... gild ; and the more worthy of remark , because its system of internal go- vernment seems to have been , to a considerable extent , iden- tified with the municipal government of the town itself . The association got the name of La ...
Page 427
... to Bede's Hist . Eccles . Num . iii . 2 See what is afterwards said as to the Mercantile Gild . 6 6 don , Winchester , and York ' , THE CONSTITUTION OF TOWNS . 427 CHAPTER II Rise and progress of the government of towns in England,
... to Bede's Hist . Eccles . Num . iii . 2 See what is afterwards said as to the Mercantile Gild . 6 6 don , Winchester , and York ' , THE CONSTITUTION OF TOWNS . 427 CHAPTER II Rise and progress of the government of towns in England,
Page 431
... gild 5 , at other times a market . Nearly all of them contain clauses relative to jurisdiction or magistracy ; but these are not of any uniform style ; and are often expres- sed in the barbarous language of the day . Thus the charter ...
... gild 5 , at other times a market . Nearly all of them contain clauses relative to jurisdiction or magistracy ; but these are not of any uniform style ; and are often expres- sed in the barbarous language of the day . Thus the charter ...
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