The First Charter and the Early Religious Legislation of MassachusettsPress of J. Wilson and Son, 1869 - 85 Seiten |
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... emigrants , but on the company , of which the emigrants could not be active members , so long as the charter of the corporation remained in England . The associates in London were to establish ordinances , to settle forms of gov ...
... emigrants , but on the company , of which the emigrants could not be active members , so long as the charter of the corporation remained in England . The associates in London were to establish ordinances , to settle forms of gov ...
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... emigrants to be freemen , and call a meeting beyond the Atlantic ? What if the Governor , deputy , assistants , and free- men should themselves emigrate , and thus break down the distinction between the colony and the corporation ? 2 ...
... emigrants to be freemen , and call a meeting beyond the Atlantic ? What if the Governor , deputy , assistants , and free- men should themselves emigrate , and thus break down the distinction between the colony and the corporation ? 2 ...
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... emigrants , the very men most interested in the administration of the affairs of the company , were to be admitted as freemen , so as to have a voice ? It would seem much more probable that it should have been intended they should form ...
... emigrants , the very men most interested in the administration of the affairs of the company , were to be admitted as freemen , so as to have a voice ? It would seem much more probable that it should have been intended they should form ...
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... emigrants and their proceedings , it cannot be sup ported . As to them , there is better and more satisfactory evidence that they did not bring the common law with them as a part of their law , than can be derived from any inference ...
... emigrants and their proceedings , it cannot be sup ported . As to them , there is better and more satisfactory evidence that they did not bring the common law with them as a part of their law , than can be derived from any inference ...
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... emigrants did not claim the common law as a part of their law , nor acknowledge it as having authority with them . In a charge to the grand jury , March term , 1767 , he said , ― " I don't know a nation in the world , that makes the ...
... emigrants did not claim the common law as a part of their law , nor acknowledge it as having authority with them . In a charge to the grand jury , March term , 1767 , he said , ― " I don't know a nation in the world , that makes the ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
according admit allegation Anabaptists Antinomian appointed authority banishment Blue Laws Chalmers Chancery character Charles Charles II charter and government Church civil Clark clause Coll colonists common law Commonwealth Council at Plymouth Court Cradock creed Crown deputy governor docquet doctrine duties ecclesiastical election emigrants enforced establish evidence exclusion fact faith forfeiture freemen Governor and Company grant Hist Hutch inflicted inhabitants intention JOEL PARKER John Wycliffe judgment jurisdiction King King's lands laws of England letters patent liberty of conscience Lord magistrates Massachusetts matter ment ministers oaths of office oaths of supremacy old charter opinion ordinances Palfrey persecution persons plantation Plymouth Colony powers of government principle privileges proceedings Province charter provision punishment Puritan Fathers Quakers question quo warranto realm of England reason religion religious legislation respecting rule says scire facias settled settlement Sir Richard Saltonstall statutes suffrage supposed take the oaths things tion transfer Winthrop witchcraft worship
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 16 - Court from time to time to make, ordain, and establish, all manner of wholesome and reasonable orders, laws, statutes and ordinances, directions and instructions, either with penalties or without, so as the same be not repugnant or contrary to this Constitution, as they shall judge to be for the good and welfare of this Commonwealth, and for the government and ordering thereof and of the subjects of the same...
Seite 11 - ... as shall, in hostile manner, invade or attempt the defeating of the said Plantation, or the hurt of the said Company and inhabitants ; and, upon just causes, to invade and destroy the native Indians, or other enemies of the said colony.
Seite 4 - No one shall run on the Sabbath day, or walk in his garden or elsewhere, except reverently to and from meeting. "No one shall travel, cook victuals, make beds, sweep house, cut hair, or shave, on the Sabbath day.
Seite 84 - The Avon to the Severn runs, The Severn to the sea, And Wickliffe's dust shall spread abroad, Wide as the waters be.
Seite 43 - ... not contrary to the laws of this realm of England, as well for settling the forms and ceremonies of government, and magistracy, fit and necessary for the said plantation...
Seite 31 - ... to the knowledge and obedience of the only true God and Saviour of mankind, and the Christian faith, which in our royal intention, and the adventurers' free profession, is the principal end of this plantation.
Seite 34 - So always as the said Statutes, Ordinances and Proceedings as near as conveniently may be, be agreeable to the Laws, Statutes, Government, and Policy of this our Realm of England.
Seite 18 - Governor read certain propositions conceived by himself, viz, that for the advancement of the plantation, the inducing and encouraging persons of worth and quality to transplant themselves and families thither, and for other weighty reasons therein contained, to transfer the government of the plantation to those that shall inhabit there, and not to continue the same in subordination to the company here, as now it is.
Seite 4 - No one shall read common prayer, keep Christmas or Saints' days, make mince pies, dance, play cards or play on any instrument of music except the drum, trumpet and Jew's harp.
Seite 33 - And therefore the common law of England, as such, has no allowance or authority there; they being no part of the mother country, but distinct, though dependent dominions. They are subject, however, to the control of the parliament, though (like Ireland, Man, and the rest) not bound by any acts of parliament, unless particularly named.