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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... ment of the different cases as has appeared to be suffi- cient to communicate the legal points which were de- cided . The facilities for immediate reference which such a plan must possess , need not be pointed out . Where , however , he ...
... ment of the different cases as has appeared to be suffi- cient to communicate the legal points which were de- cided . The facilities for immediate reference which such a plan must possess , need not be pointed out . Where , however , he ...
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... ment , was in the year 1427 , a few years after James I. re- turned from his captivity in England , where he had proba- bly imbibed the English ideas on the constitution of Parlia- ment . By the act 1427 , c . 101 , it was provided ...
... ment , was in the year 1427 , a few years after James I. re- turned from his captivity in England , where he had proba- bly imbibed the English ideas on the constitution of Parlia- ment . By the act 1427 , c . 101 , it was provided ...
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... ment of the holding extent and valuation foresaid , to life- renters , and to husbands in right of their wives . The statute farther ordered the freeholders of each shire to make up a roll of the fiars , liferenters , and husbands ...
... ment of the holding extent and valuation foresaid , to life- renters , and to husbands in right of their wives . The statute farther ordered the freeholders of each shire to make up a roll of the fiars , liferenters , and husbands ...
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... ment , and especially as to any disease of mind not appearing at the time , it would appear that the vote , if tendered , must be received . All such cases are of course open to be after- terwards fully canvassed in the House of Lords ...
... ment , and especially as to any disease of mind not appearing at the time , it would appear that the vote , if tendered , must be received . All such cases are of course open to be after- terwards fully canvassed in the House of Lords ...
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... ment , was nevertheless rejected by the Court 3. But , by sta- tatute 49th Geo . III . c . 42 , following out an act of sederunt on the subject , of 11th July 1808 , it was provided , that the Keeper of the Great Seal , instead of ...
... ment , was nevertheless rejected by the Court 3. But , by sta- tatute 49th Geo . III . c . 42 , following out an act of sederunt on the subject , of 11th July 1808 , it was provided , that the Keeper of the Great Seal , instead of ...
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