The Book of Scotland: By William ChambersR. Buchanan, 1830 - 532 Seiten |
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... land as to those of France or the Netherlands . To fill up a chasm of so obvious a nature , and in some mea- sure to give a form and resting - place to the flickering characteristics of a nation , whose individuality it may in one sense ...
... land as to those of France or the Netherlands . To fill up a chasm of so obvious a nature , and in some mea- sure to give a form and resting - place to the flickering characteristics of a nation , whose individuality it may in one sense ...
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... land . Under the pretence or belief , that the unwieldi- ness of a body composed of three hundred members , was inimical to the furtherance of public business , or the quick progress of petty bills , it was the business of the estates ...
... land . Under the pretence or belief , that the unwieldi- ness of a body composed of three hundred members , was inimical to the furtherance of public business , or the quick progress of petty bills , it was the business of the estates ...
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... land did not virtually possess the right of petition . Neither had any individual member of the Estates the li- berty of introducing any measure favourable to the rights of the people , but derogatory to the prerogatives of the crown ...
... land did not virtually possess the right of petition . Neither had any individual member of the Estates the li- berty of introducing any measure favourable to the rights of the people , but derogatory to the prerogatives of the crown ...
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... land- tax , and the customs . In general , the state , as was the case in England before the days of King William , con- trived to keep its expenditure within the bounds of its income , - -a circumstance well worthy of commemora- tion ...
... land- tax , and the customs . In general , the state , as was the case in England before the days of King William , con- trived to keep its expenditure within the bounds of its income , - -a circumstance well worthy of commemora- tion ...
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... land , till this day they are the subject of endless vexa- tion , if not direct oppression ; indeed , we have no hesi- tation in saying , that as these laws are framed and executed in Scotland , there is as much real uncalled for ...
... land , till this day they are the subject of endless vexa- tion , if not direct oppression ; indeed , we have no hesi- tation in saying , that as these laws are framed and executed in Scotland , there is as much real uncalled for ...
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Act of Parliament amount appointed authority bills bishops Britain called cause character church circumstances civil classes clergy clerk commissioners congregations constitution Court of Session creditors criminal crown custom debtor debts duties Edinburgh elected endowments England English entails Episcopal erected establishment estates execution expense Faculty of Advocates fees heirs heritable heritors instances institution judges judicial jurisdiction jury justice Justiciary king kingdom kirk land letters of horning Lord Advocate Lord Justice Clerk magistrates Majesty matter ment ministers mode moveable nation nature Pandects parish Parliament of England Parliament of Scotland payment peculiar peers period persons poor possess presbyterian present principles privileges procured racter registers regulations royal burghs sanctuary schools Scot Scotch Scotland Scottish banks Scottish parliament sheriff society species statutes stipends teinds tion town Union usages whole writ
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 503 - That the two kingdoms of England and Scotland shall upon the first day of May which shall be in the year one thousand seven hundred and seven, and for ever after, be united into one kingdom by the name of Great Britain...
Seite 503 - THIS INDENTURE made the twenty sixth day of June in the thirtieth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c.
Seite 504 - An act declaring the rights and liberties of the subject, and settling the succession of the crown...
Seite 504 - An Act for the further Limitation of the Crown, and better securing the Rights and Liberties of the Subject...
Seite 511 - Britain for the time being and that the Court of Admiralty now established in Scotland be continued and that all reviews reductions or suspensions of the sentences in maritime cases competent to the jurisdiction of that court remain in the same manner after the union as now in Scotland until the Parliament of Great Britain shall make such regulations and alterations as shall be judged expedient for the whole United Kingdom...
Seite 515 - Act for securing the Protestant religion and Presbyterian Church government within the kingdom of Scotland is as follows. OUR sovereign lady and the estates of Parliament considering that by the late Act of Parliament for a treaty with England for an union of both kingdoms it is provided that the commissioners for that treaty should not treat of or concerning any alteration of the worship discipline and government of the Church of this kingdom as now by law established...
Seite 518 - That all laws and statutes in either kingdom, so far as they are contrary to or inconsistent with the terms of these articles or any of them, shall from and after the union cease and become void, and shall be so declared to be by the respective Parliaments of the said kingdoms.
Seite 519 - Queen's most excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the lords spiritual and temporal and the commons in this present Parliament assembled and by authority of the same...
Seite 510 - ... that the laws which concern public right, policy and civil government may be made the same throughout the whole united kingdom, but that no alteration be made in laws which concern private right except for evident utility of the subjects within Scotland.
Seite 518 - Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the Laws of God, the true Profession of the Gospel, and the Protestant Reformed Religion established by law? And will you maintain and preserve inviolably the Settlement of the Church of England, and the Doctrine, Worship, Discipline, and Government thereof, as by law established in England?