The Justice of the Peace, and Parish Officer, Volume 3A. Strahan, 1820 |
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act of parliament action affidavit aforesaid appear appointed assizes authorised balloted benefit of clergy bill carriage cause certificate charged clerk commanding officer commissioners committed common law constable convicted corps court defendant delivered deputy-lieutenants directed discharged duties East's P. C. enacted enrolled exceeding execution exempt felony forfeit gaol geldings guilty Hale hath hereby hire holden horses indictment inlisted Inst judges jurors jury justices king larceny liable licence lieutenant lord lunatic magistrate majesty majesty's manner marriage matter ment militia months non-commissioned officer notice oath offence overseers paid parish parish or place parliament party pawnbroker payment peace penalty perjury person or persons prisoner promissory notes punishment purpose Quakers quarter sessions receive regiment respective secretary at war serjeant serve sheriff stamp stamp duties stat statute stealing subdivision therein thereof town warrant witness writ
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Page 528 - I AB do solemnly and sincerely in the presence of God profess, testify and declare, that I do believe that in the sacrament of the Lord's Supper there is not any transubstantiation of the elements of bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ, at or after the consecration thereof by any person whatsoever...
Page 530 - I, AB, do swear that I do from my heart abhor, detest, and abjure as impious and heretical, that damnable doctrine and position that princes excommunicated or deprived by the pope, or any authority of the see of Rome, may be deposed or murdered by their subjects, or any other whatsoever. And I do declare that no foreign prince, person, prelate, state, or potentate hath, or ought to have, any jurisdiction, power, superiority, preeminence, or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm...
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Page 527 - Realm, and all other His Majesty's Dominions and Countries thereunto belonging. And I do solemnly and sincerely declare, That I do believe in my conscience, that the...
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Page 550 - If granted before conviction, it prevents any of the penalties and disabilities consequent upon conviction from attaching ; if granted after conviction, it removes the penalties and disabilities, and restores him to all his civil rights; it makes him, as it were, a new man, and gives him a new credit and capacity.
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