 | Thomas Bayly Howell - Trials - 1816 - 760 pages
...kingdom by conquest, seeing (lint he hath ' \itie et 1 nèrii poiestatem,' I. e may at his pleasure alter and change the laws of that kingdom, but until he doth make an alteration of tlu.-t lair«, r In» ancient laws of that kingdom rt-muin. [l)av. 30. b. 3. Keb. ^0'.'. Sulk. 411.... | |
 | T. B. Howell, Esq. - 1816 - 804 pages
...•nd most deservedly exploded—" If a king come to a kingdom by conquest, he may, at his pleasure, alter and change the laws of that kingdom ; but, until he doth make an alteration, the ancient laws of that kingdom remain : but if a king hath a kingdom by descent, there, seeing by... | |
 | Trials - 1816 - 724 pages
...•nd most deservedly exploded—" If a king come to a kingdom by conquest, he may, at his pleasure, alter and change the laws of that kingdom ; but, until he doth make an alteration, the ancient laws of that kingdom remaiu : but if a king hath a kingdom by descent, (here, «eeing by... | |
 | Trials - 1816 - 742 pages
...most deservedly exploded — " If a king ише to a kingdom by conquest, he may, at Ьи pleasure, alter and change the laws of that kingdom ; but, until he doth make an alteraQ, the ancient laws of that kingdom remain : t if a king bath a kingdom by descent, there, j... | |
 | Sir George Cornewall Lewis - Colonies - 1841 - 418 pages
...Christian kingdom by conquest, seeing that he hath ' vitce et necis potestatem' he may at his pleasure alter and change the laws of that kingdom; but until he doth make an alteration of those laws, the ancient laws of that kingdom remain. But if a Christian king should conquer a kingdom... | |
 | Sir George Cornewall Lewis - Colonies - 1841 - 408 pages
...Christian kingdom by conquest, seeing that he hath ' vita; et necis potestatem' he may at his pleasure alter and change the laws of that kingdom ; but until he doth make an alteration of those laws, the ancient laws of that kingdom remain. But if a Christian king should conquer a kingdom... | |
 | Law - 1860 - 428 pages
...doctrine in favour of absolutism. " If a king come to a kingdom by conquest, he may at his pleasure alter and change the laws of that kingdom ; but, until he doth make an alteration, the ancient laws of that kingdom remain." The leading cases of Campbell v. Hatt, and Fabrigat v. Mostyn,... | |
 | Sir Sydney Smith Bell - Constitutional law Great Britain Colonies - 1859 - 522 pages
...reports, it was resolved that, " If a king come to a kingdom by conquest, he may, at his pleasure, alter and change the laws of that kingdom, but, until he doth make an alteration, the ancient laws of that kingdom remain ;" and, " also, If a king hath a kingdom by conquest, as King... | |
 | Great Britain - 1902 - 720 pages
...Christian kingdom by conquest, seeing that he hath vitte et uccis potcstattin, he may at his pleasure alter and change the laws of that kingdom ; but until he doth make an alteration of those laws, the ancient laws of that kingdom remain. But if a Christian king should conquer a kingdom... | |
 | John Martin Vincent - History - 1903 - 602 pages
...Christian Kingdom by Conquest, seeing that he hath Vitae et necis "potestatem, he may at his Pleasure, alter and change the Laws of "that Kingdom; but until he doth make an Alteration of those " Laws, the antient Laws of that Kingdom remain." And it appears plainly in History, that some... | |
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I omit the distinction between a Christian and an infidel kingdom, which as to this purpose is wholly groundless, and most deservedly exploded — If a King comes to a kingdom by conquest, he may, at his pleasure, alter and change the laws of that kingdom... 
