This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1767. Excerpt: ... as it now is; so we may, I think, safely conclude, that from the earlieil accounts of time, our ancestors in Germany were a free people, and had a right to assent, or dissent to all laws; that that right was exercised, and preserved under the Saxon and Norman kings even to our days: and may an uninterrupted exercise thereof (for the right itself can never be extinguished) continue till time shall be no more. I N J;-E X. uw,. '--t'"-' ABergavenny, how held,-.i page 117.Alodium, what, and the derivation of the word 18.:' was hereditary; ; --ibid. '"/ not originally, and why after valued ibid. ythy some converted into Feuds ibid. Alfred, divided the kingdom 46 his law ibid. Arbitrary power, when first claimed 31 Armies, under a parliamentary direction 30 B Bar, its signification 76. variously sounded and wrote 77 Baron, who so called 7l. derivation of the word ibid. don't occur in Feuds 77.-comprised burgesses 89, how, as to Burgess, the use of the word became confined to few 94 _ the successors of the Saxons Wites 97-how they differed ibid, the foundation of their right to sit in parlia-ibid. tenants, why they dont contribute to the wages of knight of the shire ibid. the meaning of the word in Scotland 100 subscribed acts of the Earls of Holland 107 in Scotland their names subscribed to charters ib. and in England IC8 claimed the appointing officers of state no--when the less had the same right with the great 117--when divided into parliamentary and unparlia-ment mentary-1.1" when that addition became an honour ibid.----when first used in deeds,' ibid. who the great, and who the less 119. the less, when excluded from parliament Baron, the consequences of it page 120 -' ' the lesser sent representatives ibid. -----their number encreasecl in Scotland-12J. '...
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