The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell Macmillan, 1929 - Great Britain |
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Page 295
... common- law courts of the counties or boroughs or in some cases were carried up to London for trial . According to the Act of 1660 breaches were to be tried in any court of record . Though opinion prevailed that an admiralty court ...
... common- law courts of the counties or boroughs or in some cases were carried up to London for trial . According to the Act of 1660 breaches were to be tried in any court of record . Though opinion prevailed that an admiralty court ...
Page 298
... common - law courts , but must be tried in vice - admiralty courts only , and as procedure in such courts was that of the civil law , juries could not be employed . The second question , as to the jurisdiction of the vice - admiralty ...
... common - law courts , but must be tried in vice - admiralty courts only , and as procedure in such courts was that of the civil law , juries could not be employed . The second question , as to the jurisdiction of the vice - admiralty ...
Page 569
... common enough when it offered any advantage . It was impossible to supervise all the shipping along the miles of coast of the mainland of North America and among the intricacies of the West Indies . The war with France made the task ...
... common enough when it offered any advantage . It was impossible to supervise all the shipping along the miles of coast of the mainland of North America and among the intricacies of the West Indies . The war with France made the task ...
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