The English Reports: King's Bench (1378-1865), Volume 97W. Green, 1909 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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Page 386 - ... and this he is ready to verify. Wherefore, he prays judgment, and that the plaintiff be barred from having his action aforesaid against him.
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Page 120 - ... whatsoever ; not for the sake of the Judges, as private individuals, but because they are the channels by which the King's justice is conveyed to the people.
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