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Free Parliaments: or, a vindication of the fundamental right of the Commons of England in Parliament assembled, to be sole judges of all those privileges of the electors, and of the elected; which are absolutely necessary to Preserve Free Parliaments, and a Free People. Being a justification of the proceedings of the Honourable House of Commons, in the cas of Ashby against White. By Sir Humphrey Mackworth, a Member of Parliament.
Mackworth, Humphrey, Sir, 1657-1727.Date: Printed in the Year, MDCCIV [1704]- Books
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A digest of so much of the law respecting borough elections, as concerns cities and boroughs in general, their representation, and returning officers; the carriage and delivery of the writ; The History, Form, Conveyance, and Delivery of the Precept; The Duty of the Returning Officer, previous to the Election; The Form and Effect of Decisions and Last Determinations; The Right of Electors for Boroughs in general, And of Burgage Tenants, Freeholders, Leaseholders, and Copyholders in particular. By Samuel Heywood, Serjeant at Law.
Heywood, Samuel, 1753-1828.Date: 1797- Books
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Laws concerning the election of members of Parliament; with the determinations of the House of Commons thereon, and all their Incidents: continued Down to the Present Time. The Whole Digested Under Proper Titles; also an appendix of precedents, with a table of the principal matters. A new edition, with additions. By a gentleman of the Inner-Temple.
Gentleman of the Inner Temple.Date: M.DCC.LXXIV. [1774]- Books
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A treatise on the law of elections, in all its branches. By John Simeon, Esq; of Lincoln's-Inn, Barrister at Law.
Simeon, John, Sir, 1756-1824.Date: 1795- Books
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The statutes at large concerning elections of Members to serve in the House of Commons; Containing A compleat Collection of all the Acts of Parliament now in force, which relate thereto, continued to the end of the last session of Parliament, 1734.
Great Britain.Date: 1734- Books
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A concise abstract of all the laws relating to parliamentary elections; containing I. An extract from the statutes at large: and II. From the resolutions of the Commons: including The Right of Election for all the Counties, Cities, Towns, and Boroughs, in England, Scotland, and Wales, the Manner and Method of Proceeding in taking an Election; the Return; Controverted Elections; Freedom of Elections; Bribery and Corruption, in respect of Knights of the Shire, Citizens, Burgesses, and Commissioners for Scotland. Also a prefatory introduction, touching the Original Constitution of the Houses of Lords and Commons; the Mode of Parliamentary Business; and Privileges of the Members. With notes, references, and observations. By a gentleman of the Inner Temple.
Great Britain.Date: [1790?]- Books
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The office of sheriff, shewing its history and antiquity: The Manner of appointing the High Sheriff, his Under Sheriff, and other Deputies; together with their respective Powers and Duties:-Particularly with Regard to the County-Court, Sessions, Circuit, Arrests on mesne Process, Bail, Juries, Executions, Escapes, Rescues and Replevins. To which are added, the mode of electing coroners, and returning Members of Parliament: with many useful Precedents, of Returns to Writs, and Proceedings in the County-Court, &c. calculated not only for the Benefit of Sheriffs, their Under Sheriffs and Deputies, but also for the Use of the Profession in General, and a copious index. By John Impey, Of the Inner Temple, Author of the New Instructor Clericalis, in the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas.
Impey, John, -1829.Date: M,DCC,LXXXVI. [1786]- Books
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The law of elections; being an abstract of all the statutes now in force relating to the election of members to serve in the House of Commons. ...
Great Britain.Date: 1713- Books
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Debates of the House of Commons, in January 1704. Upon the great question, Whether an action lies at Common law for an elector, who is denied his vote for members of Parliament? Being in relation to an election at Aylesbury, and some Proceedings at Law thereupon between Ashby and White: Debated and Resolved. With The Speeches of Mr. Cowper, (now Earl Cowper) Marquis of Hartington, (now Duke of Devonshire) Mr. Harley, (now Earl of Oxford) Mr. Harcourt, (now Lord Viscount Harcourt) Sir Peter King, (now Lord Chief-Justice of the Common-Pleas) Sir Edward Seymour, Sir Christopher Musgrave, Mr. Dormer, (now one of the Justices of the Common-Pleas) Sir Gilbert Dolben, Sir Humphry Mackworth, Sir Joseph Jekyll, (now Master of the Rolls) Sir Thomas Powis, Sir Thomas Littleton, Sir John Hawles, Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Freeman, &c. on that Occasion. Together with the Case of Jay and Topham: And the Defence made by Sir Francis Pemberton and Sir Thomas Jones, for their Judgment given therein, before their Commitment: With other Cases. By Culverwell Needler, Gent. formerly Clerk-Assistant to the Honourable House of Commons.
England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons.Date: 1721- Books
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Laws concerning the election of members of Parliament; with the determinations of the House of Commons thereon, and all their Incidents; Continued Down to the Present Time. The whole Digested Under Proper Titles; also an appendix of precedents, with a table of the principal matters. By a gentleman of the Inner-Temple.
Gentleman of the Inner Temple.Date: MDCCLXVIII. [1768]- Books
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The law of elections; being an abstract of all the statutes now in force relating to the election of members. To serve in the House of Commons. In three sections, Viz. The Duties, &c. of the Electors, the Elected, and the Officers Returning.
Great Britain.Date: MDCCXXII. [1722]- Books
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The candidates guide: or, the electors rights decided. Shewing the determination of the rights of elections, by the Honble the Commons of Great Britain in Parliament, in all contraverted elections for the Counties and Boroughs in South Britain, from the Year 1624 to 1730. The second edition, corrected and improved. To which is added, The like Determinations in Contraverted Elections for North Britain, since the Union. With Several Resolutions and Standing Orders relating to Elections, Qualifications, Returns, Petitions, and Proceedings in General. Together with the head of the statutes now in force. concerning the same; and several adjusted Cases in disputed Points of admitting of Evidence on Hearings at the Bar of the House. The whole digested into Alphabetical Order, with proper References and genuine Quotations. By J. C. Gent.
Cowley, J. (John).Date: [1735]- Books
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The statutes at large concerning elections of Members to serve in the House of Commons; Containing A compleat Collection of all the Acts of Parliament now in force, which relate thereto, continued to the end of the last session of Parliament, 1734.
Great Britain.Date: 1734- Books
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A collection of the statutes in force relative to elections down to the present time, with a copious index: also an appendix, Containing the Orders of the House of Commons concerning Elections, the Acts regulating the Elections of Peers and Members for Scotland from the Time of the Union, and, an Abstract of all Controverted Elections, as well upon the Right as otherwise, determined by Select Committees; with References to the Journals of the House for the Proceedings thereon, and to the printed Reports where the Cases have been reported. By Richard Troward, of Norfolk Street.
Date: MDCCXCVI. [1796]- Books
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The history of the cases of controverted elections, which were tried and determined during the first session of the fourteenth Parliament of Great Britain. XV Geo. III. By Sylvester Douglas, Esq; of Lincoln's-Inn. In four volumes.
Glenbervie, Sylvester Douglas, Baron, 1743-1823.Date: M,DCC,LXXVIII. [1778]- Books
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Free parliaments: or, a vindication of the fundamental right of the Commons of England in Parliament assembled, to be sole judges of all those privileges of the electors and of the elected; which are absolutely necessary to preserve free Parliaments, and a free people. Being a justification of the proceedings of the Honourable House of Commons, in the case of Ashby against White. By Sir Humphrey Mackworth, a Member of Parliament.
Mackworth, Humphrey, Sir, 1657-1727.Date: 1704- Books
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A collection of the statutes now in force relative to elections down to the present time, with a copious index: also, an appendix, Containing the Orders of the House of Commons concerning Elections, the Acts regulating the Elections of Peers and Members for Scotland from the Time of the Union, and an Extract of all Controverted Elections determined by Select Committees under the late Mr. Grenville's Acts; with References to the Journals of the House for the Proceedings thereon, and to the printed Reports where the Cases have been reported. By Richard Troward, of norfolk street.
Great Britain.Date: MDCCXC. [1790]