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Page 128
Lord Coke is equally decisive and emphatic . Citing and commenting on the
celebrated 29th chap . of Magna Charta , he says , “ no man shall be disseized ,
& c . unless it be by the lawful judgment , that is , verdict of equals , or by the law
of the ...
Lord Coke is equally decisive and emphatic . Citing and commenting on the
celebrated 29th chap . of Magna Charta , he says , “ no man shall be disseized ,
& c . unless it be by the lawful judgment , that is , verdict of equals , or by the law
of the ...
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I will ask him , if he can now name a more able and upright magistrate , as shown
in all his proceedings and judgments , in all the offices of probate in the State ?
One whose records are more regularly and properly kept , whose administration
...
I will ask him , if he can now name a more able and upright magistrate , as shown
in all his proceedings and judgments , in all the offices of probate in the State ?
One whose records are more regularly and properly kept , whose administration
...
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you that your judgment is to be rejudged by the community ; and as you have
summoned him for trial to this high tribunal , you are soon to descend yourselves
from these seats of justice , and stand before the higher tribunal of the world .
you that your judgment is to be rejudged by the community ; and as you have
summoned him for trial to this high tribunal , you are soon to descend yourselves
from these seats of justice , and stand before the higher tribunal of the world .
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DISCOURSE in Commemoration of the Lives and Services of John Adams | 71 |
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