Reports of the Proceedings in Committees of the House of Commons, Upon Controverted Elections, Heard and Determined During the Present Parliament, Volume 1E. Brooke, 1785 - Contested elections |
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... necessary * . Upon these several questions , which con- fifted fometimes of law mixed with fact , the Committee declared no feparate opi- nion , but determined generally , That Mr. Hawkins was duly returned , and duly elected ; which ...
... necessary * . Upon these several questions , which con- fifted fometimes of law mixed with fact , the Committee declared no feparate opi- nion , but determined generally , That Mr. Hawkins was duly returned , and duly elected ; which ...
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... necessary to establish them ; this was done by proving the voters poffeffed of freeholds in antient burgages within the borough , paying the accustomed quit - rents to the lord : The chief inftrument of evidence ufed for this purpofe ...
... necessary to establish them ; this was done by proving the voters poffeffed of freeholds in antient burgages within the borough , paying the accustomed quit - rents to the lord : The chief inftrument of evidence ufed for this purpofe ...
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... necessary that they should † . But * The late Parliament was diffolved on the 25th of March , and the election took place on the 5th of April . + As an authority for this pofition , the counsel cited the cafe of Peat and Ougly , in Com ...
... necessary that they should † . But * The late Parliament was diffolved on the 25th of March , and the election took place on the 5th of April . + As an authority for this pofition , the counsel cited the cafe of Peat and Ougly , in Com ...
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... necessary to prove a bond for the petitioning creditor's debt , for which pur- pose the confeffion of the obligor was of- fered as evidence ; but the court held this evidence , ftanding alone , to be infufficient ; yet if it had been ...
... necessary to prove a bond for the petitioning creditor's debt , for which pur- pose the confeffion of the obligor was of- fered as evidence ; but the court held this evidence , ftanding alone , to be infufficient ; yet if it had been ...
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... necessary to make a new fubdivifion in the claffes of petitions , as before ftated . Thefe modes of arrangement relate only to the or ! der in which petitions are to be read , when several are delivered together ; the name which the ...
... necessary to make a new fubdivifion in the claffes of petitions , as before ftated . Thefe modes of arrangement relate only to the or ! der in which petitions are to be read , when several are delivered together ; the name which the ...
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Page 61 - Corpus according to the true intent and meaning of this act, may be directed and run into any county palatine, the cinque ports, or other privileged places within the kingdom of England, dominion of Wales, or town of Berwick upon Tweed, and the islands of Jersey or Guernsey; any law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 286 - Dexter and his successors, from the day of the date hereof, for and during, and unto the full end and term of eight calendar months from thence next ensuing and fully to be complete and ended.
Page 293 - England, have now of late been made by very great, outrageous, and excessive number of people dwelling within the same counties of the realm of England, of the which most part was of people of small substance, and of no value, whereof every of them pretended a voice equivalent, as to such elections to be made, with the most worthy knights and esquires...
Page 61 - ... excessive and exorbitant expenses, contrary to the laws, and in violation of the freedom due to the election of representatives for the commons of England in parliament...
Page 292 - Whereas the Elections of Knights of Shires to come to the Parliaments of our Lord the King, in many Counties of the Realm of England, have now of late been made by very great...
Page 62 - ... at any time hereafter, make any promise, agreement, obligation or engagement to give or allow any money, meat, drink, provision, present, reward, or entertainment, to or for any...
Page 146 - ... borough, &c. in order to multiply voices, or to split and divide the interest in any houses or lands among several persons, to enable them to vote at elections of Members to serve in Parliament, are hereby declared to be void and of none effect; and that no more than one single voice shall be admitted for one and the same house or tenement.
Page 61 - ... contrary to the laws and in violation of the freedom due to the election of representatives for the commons of England in parliament, to the great scandal of the kingdom, dishonourable, and may be destructive to the constitution of parliaments...
Page 145 - And it was further enacted by the fame ftatute, that all conveyances of any meffuages, lands, tenements, or hereditaments in any county, city, borough, town corporate, port, or place, in order to multiply voices, or to fplit and divide the...
Page 160 - Considerations on the Question whether Tenants by Copy of Court Roll, according to the Custom of the Manor, Though not at the Will of the Lord, are Freeholders Qualified to Vote in Elections for Knights of the Shire.