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An Account of the Past and Present State of the Isle of Man: Including a ... - Page 257
by George Woods - 1811 - 365 pages
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Law and Lawyers: a Sketch Book of Legal Biography, Gossip, and Anecdote

Archer Polson - 1858 - 212 pages
...appointed Pre* This reminds one of the oath of the judges in the Isle of Man — " By this book and the holy contents thereof, and by the wonderful works...hath miraculously wrought in heaven above, and in earth beneath, in six days and seven nights I do swear that I will, without respect of favour or friendship,...
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Feltham's Tour Through the Isle of Man, in 1797 and 1798: Comprising ...

John Feltham - 1861 - 322 pages
...deemster, or judge, from the singular allusion to the herring, I take this opportunity to introduce. " By this book, and by the holy contents thereof, and...wonderful works that God hath miraculously wrought in • An act of Tynwald passed in 1794, to regulate the mode of shooting the nets ; and by an act of...
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Glover's Illustrated Guide and Visitors' Companion Through the Isle of Man ...

Matthew Glover, Suetonius M. Tod - 1868 - 290 pages
...Tynwald. * The oath administered to the Deemster when he enters upon his office it singular : — " By this book, and by the holy contents thereof, and by the wonderful works that God has miraculously wrought in heaven and on the earth beneath in six days and seven nights, I do swear...
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Publications of the Manx Society, Volume 16

Manx Society - 1869 - 290 pages
...the oath administered to the Deemster upon his taking office in the Isle of Man. It runs thus — " By this book, and by the holy contents thereof, and...by the wonderful works that God hath miraculously observed from the following order, recorded in the Episcopal Registry, that tininsertion in the Litany...
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The Book of Modern Anecdotes: Humour, Wit, and Wisdom, American, Legal ...

Howard Paul, John Timbs, Percy Fitzgerald - 1873 - 456 pages
...Jury. — Dublin University Magazine, 1840. OATH OF THE JUDGES IN THE ISLE OF MAN. " BY this book and the holy contents thereof, and by the wonderful works...hath miraculously wrought in heaven above, and in earth beneath, in six days and seven nights I do swear that I will, without respect of favour or friendship,...
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The Book of Modern Legal Anecdotes: The Bar, Bench and Woolsack

John Timbs - 1873 - 170 pages
...Jury. — Dublin University Magazine, 1840. OATH OF THE JUDGES IN THE ISLE OF MAN. * BY this book and the holy contents thereof, and by the wonderful works...hath miraculously wrought in heaven above, and in earth beneath, in six days and seven nights I do swear that I will, without respect of favour or friendship,...
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Jenkinson's Practical Guide to the Isle of Man

Henry Irwin Jenkinson - 1874 - 368 pages
...executions were not finally laid aside till the middle of the last century. When the Deemster enters upon his office, he takes the following oath: " By this...works that God hath miraculously wrought in heaven and on the earth beneath in six days and seven nights, I do swear that I will, without respect or favour...
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Forensic anecdotes; or, Humour and curiosities of the law. By Jacob Larwood

Herman Diederik J. van Schevichaven - 1882 - 354 pages
...oath of the Judges in the Isle of Man, as given in Wood's account of the isle : " By this book and the holy contents thereof, and by the wonderful works...hath miraculously wrought in heaven above, and in earth beneath, in six days and seven nights, I do swear that I will without respect of favour or friendship,...
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Manx Society - 1882 - 366 pages
...THE OATH ADMINISTERED TO THE DEEMSTER SINCE THE REVESTHEXT. |Y this Book, and by the holy coutents thereof, and by the wonderful works that God hath miraculously wrought in heaveu above and in the earth beneath in six d«ys and seven nights, I, Daniel Lace, do swear, that...
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The Denham Tracts: A Collection of Folklore : Reprinted from the ..., Volume 1

Michael Aislabie Denham - 1892 - 388 pages
...section of the oath administered to the Deemster, which oath, being rather unique, I quote in full : " By this book and by the holy contents thereof, and...wrought in heaven above, and in the earth beneath, in 6 days and 7 nights, I, 1; AB, do swear that I will, without respect of favour or friendship, love...
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