Reeves' History of the English Law, from the Time of the Romans to the End of the Reign of Elizabeth [1603]: With Numerous Notes, and an Introductory Dissertation on the Nature and Use of Legal History, the Rise and Progress of Our Laws, and the Influence of the Roman Law in the Formation of Our Own, Volume 1M. Murphy, 1879 - Law |
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¹ Glanv administration of justice afterwards Alfred ancient Anglo-Saxon Laws appears assize barbarians barons bishops bocland Bracton called canon law Canute cause ceorls charter church civil law clergy common law Confessor Conqueror Conquest coram county court criminal curia regis customs doubt dower duel ecclesiastical Edward essoin established exchequer feudal freehold Glanville heir held Henry II Hist homage hundred Ibid inheritance institutions judges judicature judicial jurisdiction jurors justiciary king king's court knight-service land laws of Canute laws of Henry legal history Leges Lord Coke manors matters mentioned Mirror of Justice municipal Norman oath observed ordeal origin party person pleas pledge principle proceeding quæ quòd realm reign of Henry Roman law Saxon laws says secular seisin sheriff socage statutes suit suitors summoned sworn tenant tenure tion trial by jury usages vide villeins villenage witnesses writ writ of right Year-Book
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Page lxii - Nullas Germanorum populis urbes habitari, satis notum est : ne pati quidem inter se junctas sedes. Colunt discreti ac diversi, ut fons, ut campus, ut nemus placuit. Vicos locant, non in nostrum morem, connexis et cohaerentibus aedificiis : suam quisque domum spatio circumdat, sive adversus casus ignis remedium, sive inscitia aedificandi.
Page clii - Indeed, in the gross and complicated mass of human passions and concerns, the primitive rights of men undergo such a variety of refractions and reflections that it becomes absurd to talk of them as if they continued in the simplicity of their original direction.
Page clii - The nature of man is intricate ; the objects of society are of the greatest possible complexity : and therefore no simple disposition or direction of power can be suitable either to man's nature, or to the quality of his affairs. When I hear the simplicity of contrivance aimed at 'and boasted of in any new political constitutions, I am at no loss to decide that the artificers are grossly ignorant of their trade, or totally negligent of their duty.
Page cxx - It was a peculiar advantage that the consequences of its principles were, if we may so speak, only discovered gradually and slowly. It gave out on each occasion only as much of the spirit of liberty and reformation as the circumstances of succeeding generations required, and as their character would safely bear. For almost five centuries it was appealed to as the decisive authority on behalf of the people...
Page liv - In their manners and internal policy, the colonies formed a perfect representation of their great parent; and they were soon endeared to the natives by the ties of friendship and alliance, they effectually diffused a reverence for the Roman name, and a desire, which was seldom disappointed, of sharing, in due time, its honours and advantages.32 The municipal cities insensibly equalled the rank and...
Page 171 - Folcland, as the word imports, was the land of the folk or people. It was the property of the community.
Page 472 - And a villein shall be amerced after the same manner, saving to him his wainage, if he falls under our mercy ; and none of the aforesaid amerciaments shall be assessed but by the oath of honest men in the neighbourhood.
Page clii - In effect each would answer its single end much more perfectly than the more complex is able to attain all its complex purposes. But it is better that the whole should be imperfectly and anomalously answered than that, while some parts are provided for with great exactness, others might be totally neglected...
Page 171 - It might belong to the church, to the king, or to a subject. It might be alienable and devisable, at the will of the proprietor. It might be limited in its descent, without any power of alienation in the possessor. It was often granted for a single life, or for more lives than one, with...
Page 322 - Ecclesiastics arraigned and accused of any matter, being summoned by the king's justiciary, shall come into his court, to answer there, concerning that which it shall appear to the king's court is cognizable there ; and shall answer in the ecclesiastical court concerning that which it shall appear is cognizable there ; so that the...