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... Oaths , & c . - Nature of the Oath taken by our Saviour - the Oath taken by Harold , & c . PART III - A Glance at the Early Ages - Municipal and Criminal Law of England - Magna Charta - The Law of Treason - Punishment of Death -Right of ...
... Oaths , & c . - Nature of the Oath taken by our Saviour - the Oath taken by Harold , & c . PART III - A Glance at the Early Ages - Municipal and Criminal Law of England - Magna Charta - The Law of Treason - Punishment of Death -Right of ...
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... oath , and have submitted some remarks touching the lawfulness of oaths , as solemnly administered to , and from time im- memorial as solemnly taken by , all devout persons I vi PREFACE .
... oath , and have submitted some remarks touching the lawfulness of oaths , as solemnly administered to , and from time im- memorial as solemnly taken by , all devout persons I vi PREFACE .
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... oath taken by our Saviour before the high priest- the oath taken by Harold , & c . And this , too , at a time when the Lord Bishop of London , both in and out of Parliament , openly repudi .. ates the present mode of administering the ...
... oath taken by our Saviour before the high priest- the oath taken by Harold , & c . And this , too , at a time when the Lord Bishop of London , both in and out of Parliament , openly repudi .. ates the present mode of administering the ...
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... oaths , that is , to swear men upon the holy Gospels * in our law courts ; and I hesitate not to say that some alteration in this respect is positively called for . In the next place , I have rendered the new Jury Laws concise and ...
... oaths , that is , to swear men upon the holy Gospels * in our law courts ; and I hesitate not to say that some alteration in this respect is positively called for . In the next place , I have rendered the new Jury Laws concise and ...
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... oath of one witness only , except for high treason , which requires two wit- nesses , and except in cases in which ... oaths , bound not to disclose what transpires during the investiga- tion ; and if they do so , they are 50 JURYMAN'S ...
... oath of one witness only , except for high treason , which requires two wit- nesses , and except in cases in which ... oaths , bound not to disclose what transpires during the investiga- tion ; and if they do so , they are 50 JURYMAN'S ...
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Page 168 - Will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the people of this kingdom of England, and the dominions thereto belonging, according to the statutes in parliament agreed on, and the laws and customs of the same ? — The king or queen shall say, I solemnly promise so to do.
Page 141 - All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good, and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.