The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Commonwealth countries |
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... court , rightly speaking , was a court of record , yet in view of the language used in the Act the decision was reached that only common - law courts were there meant.1 During the years from 1660 to 1696 many trials of this kind were ...
... court , rightly speaking , was a court of record , yet in view of the language used in the Act the decision was reached that only common - law courts were there meant.1 During the years from 1660 to 1696 many trials of this kind were ...
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... Court of Admiralty in the eighteenth century meekly sub- mitted " .1 During the early years in the history of the courts there were many difficulties to be settled and many problems to be solved . At first considerable uncertainty ...
... Court of Admiralty in the eighteenth century meekly sub- mitted " .1 During the early years in the history of the courts there were many difficulties to be settled and many problems to be solved . At first considerable uncertainty ...
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... Court of Exchequer , before judges sitting as a Court of Equity . The right of governors to constitute courts had long been challenged in the colonies , but was consistently maintained as part of the prerogative of the Crown . When the ...
... Court of Exchequer , before judges sitting as a Court of Equity . The right of governors to constitute courts had long been challenged in the colonies , but was consistently maintained as part of the prerogative of the Crown . When the ...
Contents
CHAPTER II | 22 |
The Newfoundland Fishery | 29 |
The Western Adventurers | 35 |
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