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... English statutes . In accordance with the limitations of this paper , we can leave aside these statutes and the ... English law ” in Quebec , as a precedent " for introducing the same absolute rule " into the English - speaking colonies ...
... English statutes . In accordance with the limitations of this paper , we can leave aside these statutes and the ... English law ” in Quebec , as a precedent " for introducing the same absolute rule " into the English - speaking colonies ...
Page 144
... English law , they asserted that the colo- nies did not consider English law binding . In so far as the settlers needed to use past experience for obtaining rules of law , they took them from the Old Testament and not from English ...
... English law , they asserted that the colo- nies did not consider English law binding . In so far as the settlers needed to use past experience for obtaining rules of law , they took them from the Old Testament and not from English ...
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... English local courts and also to widen the comparison to include a greater number of colonial courts . For instance , I have some mis- givings whether Plymouth was typical . Methods which adequately handled affairs in this small and ...
... English local courts and also to widen the comparison to include a greater number of colonial courts . For instance , I have some mis- givings whether Plymouth was typical . Methods which adequately handled affairs in this small and ...
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Libertine Ideas in the Time of Richelieu and Mazarin | 21 |
The Background and Development of Naval Signal Flags | 60 |
Certain Indian Captives of New England by ROBERT W | 113 |
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