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Page 177
... he will not defend , notice is to be jent by the Speaker to the returning officer , who must give notice in the county and borough ... said subsequent day and hour , as aforefaid . IV . And be it fur- ther enacted , That at the time appointed ...
... he will not defend , notice is to be jent by the Speaker to the returning officer , who must give notice in the county and borough ... said subsequent day and hour , as aforefaid . IV . And be it fur- ther enacted , That at the time appointed ...
Page xlii
... said costs and expences , a proportionable fhare thereof , according to the number of perfons fo liable . XXV . And ... city , borough , diftrict of burghs , or other place to which fuch petition , fhall relate , or refpecting the right ...
... said costs and expences , a proportionable fhare thereof , according to the number of perfons fo liable . XXV . And ... city , borough , diftrict of burghs , or other place to which fuch petition , fhall relate , or refpecting the right ...
Page xlviii
... said House for taking into confideration the petition figned by the faid C. D. complaining of an undue election or return for the of [ Here fpecify the county , city , borough , or diftrict of burghs ] , or , complaining that no Return ...
... said House for taking into confideration the petition figned by the faid C. D. complaining of an undue election or return for the of [ Here fpecify the county , city , borough , or diftrict of burghs ] , or , complaining that no Return ...
Page lii
... borough , holding by burgage - te- nure , and paying three pence per annum , or more , ancient burgage rent , to the lord of the said borough ; and in them only .. Is ftated in the report to be in the freemen . In the bailiffs and ...
... borough , holding by burgage - te- nure , and paying three pence per annum , or more , ancient burgage rent , to the lord of the said borough ; and in them only .. Is ftated in the report to be in the freemen . In the bailiffs and ...
Page lxi
... borough , and paying re- liefs on defcent , and fines on aliena . tion . There is no determination of ( 1 Dougl . El ... said borough . Dumbarton . 1724 , 23d Jan. Dunwich . 1691 , 8th and 228 December . Is Durham . 1762 , 11th May ...
... borough , and paying re- liefs on defcent , and fines on aliena . tion . There is no determination of ( 1 Dougl . El ... said borough . Dumbarton . 1724 , 23d Jan. Dunwich . 1691 , 8th and 228 December . Is Durham . 1762 , 11th May ...
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Page cxi - Wales during the life of the late King James, and since his decease, pretending to be and taking upon himself the stile and title of King of England by the name of James the Third...
Page cix - James, and since his decease, pretending to be and taking upon himself the stile and title of King of England by the name of James the Third, or of Scotland by the name of James the Eighth, or the stile and title of King of Great Britain, hath not any right or title whatsoever to the crown of this realm...
Page cvii - Christ at or after the consecration thereof by any person whatsoever, and that the invocation or adoration of the Virgin Mary or any other saint and the sacrifice of the mass as they are now used in the Church of Rome are superstitious and idolatrous.
Page cviii - 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, pre-eminence, or authority ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm : So help me...
Page cviii - Pope or any other authority or person whatsoever, or without any hope of any such dispensation from any person or authority whatsoever, or without thinking that I am or can be acquitted before God or man, or absolved of this declaration or any part thereof, although the Pope or any other person or persons or power whatsoever should dispense with or annul the same, or declare that it was null and void from the beginning.
Page ciii - United Kingdom and the Church We have ordered a certain Parliament to be holden at Our City of Westminster on the day of next ensuing And there to treat and have conference with the Prelates Great Men and Peers of Our Realm...
Page 158 - That it is a high infringement of the liberties and privileges of the Commons of the United Kingdom...
Page cvii - Rome are superstitious and idolatrous, and I do solemnly, in the presence of God, profess, testify, and declare, that I do make this declaration and every part thereof in the plain and ordinary sense of the words read unto me as they are commonly understood by English Protestants without any evasion, equivocation, or mental reservation whatsoever...
Page xxv - ... to regulate the trials of controverted elections, or returns of members to serve in parliament...
Page 162 - 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.