The British Empire Series: GeneralK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1902 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
American annexed army Athletics Australasia Australia Barbados Britain British Empire cable Canada Cape Cape Colony Captain carried century Channel Islands Christian civilisation coal coast Colonies commerce connection Council Court Crown Cyprus defence Dutch duties East India Company England English established expedition favour feet fleet force foreign France French Games garrison German Gibraltar gold Government Governor Guernsey Helena Imperial Federation important interest Isle Jersey Jurats land London Lord Malta Manx matter ment miles military Moslems Mother Country native naval navy North officers Orange Free Parliament passed population port Portuguese possessions present Queensland railway recognised result revenue Royal sailing settlement ships slave South Africa Spain Sport square miles steamers Straits Settlements tariff telegraph territory tion to-day Tonnage tons Total trade Transvaal Treaty United Kingdom vessels voyage West Indies whilst Zealand
Pasajes populares
Página 236 - The Roman law forms no rule, binding in itself, upon the subjects of these realms; but, in deciding a case upon principle, where no direct authority can be cited from our books, it affords no small evidence of the soundness of the conclusion at which we have arrived, if it proves to be supported by that law, the fruit of the researches of the most learned men, the collective wisdom of ages and the groundwork of the municipal law of most of the countries in Europe.
Página 227 - Such colonists carry with them only so much of the English law as is applicable to their own situation and the condition of an infant colony; such, for instance, as the general rules of inheritance and of protection from personal injuries. The artificial refinements and distinctions incident to the property of a great and commercial people...
Página 449 - ... duty, tax, or assessment whatever, payable in any of his Majesty's colonies, provinces, and plantations in North America or the West Indies, except only such duties as it may be expedient to impose for the regulation of commerce, the net produce of such duties to be always paid and applied to and for the use of the colony, province, or plantation in which the same shall be respectively levied, in such manner as other duties collected by the authority of the respective General Courts or General...
Página 235 - THE vain titles of the victories of Justinian are crumbled into dust ; but the name of the legislator is inscribed on a fair and everlasting monument. Under his reign, and by his care, the civil jurisprudence was digested in the immortal works of the CODE, the PANDECTS, and the INSTITUTES :
Página 542 - Firmly relying Ourselves on the truth of Christianity, and acknowledging with gratitude the solace of Religion, We disclaim alike the Right and the Desire to impose Our Convictions on any of Our Subjects.
Página 227 - For it hath been held that if an uninhabited country be discovered and planted by English subjects, all the English laws then in being, which are the birthright of every subject are immediately there in force. But this must be understood with very many and very great restrictions. Such colonists carry with them only so much of the English law as is applicable to their own situation and the condition of an infant colony.
Página xiii - Rome, in the height of her glory, is not to be compared ; a power which has dotted over the surface of the whole globe with her possessions and military posts, whose morning drum-beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England.
Página 227 - ... protection from personal injuries. The artificial refinements and distinctions incident to the property of a great and commercial people, the laws of police and revenue, (such especially as are enforced by penalties,) the mode of maintenance for the established clergy, the jurisdiction of spiritual courts, and a multitude of other provisions, are neither necessary nor convenient for them, and therefore are not in force.
Página 533 - Mahomet, thus holding his people at bay; waiting in the still expectation of victory ; to outward appearance defenceless, and with his little band as it were in the lion's mouth ; yet trusting in His almighty power whose messenger he believed himself to be, resolute and unmoved ; presents a spectacle of sublimity paralleled only in the sacred records, by such scenes as that of the prophet of Israel when he complained to his master,
Página 229 - I omit the distinction between a Christian and an infidel kingdom, which as to this purpose is wholly groundless, and most deservedly exploded — "If a King comes to a kingdom by conquest, he may, at his pleasure, alter and change the laws of that kingdom ; but, until he doth make an alteration of those laws the ancient laws of that kingdom remain...