State of the Present Form of Government of the Province of Quebec, with a Large Appendix: Containing Extracts from the Minutes of an Investigation Into the Past Administration of Justice in that ProvinceJ. Debrett, 1789 - 176 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 37
... bill certain claufes , which , he apprehended , would operate as a cure of fome of the diforders that had fo long pre- vailed in the courts . This bill , notwith- standing the trial by jury intended by it was , fo extremely limited ...
... bill certain claufes , which , he apprehended , would operate as a cure of fome of the diforders that had fo long pre- vailed in the courts . This bill , notwith- standing the trial by jury intended by it was , fo extremely limited ...
الصفحة 38
... bill , foon afterwards brought forward , in the Legislative Council , another bill in its place . In this new bill , though the name of jury was retained , yet the ad- vantages which the fubject derives from * See Appendix , No. XII ...
... bill , foon afterwards brought forward , in the Legislative Council , another bill in its place . In this new bill , though the name of jury was retained , yet the ad- vantages which the fubject derives from * See Appendix , No. XII ...
الصفحة 39
... bill alarmed the mer- chants ; and in a meeting held for the pur- pose of deliberating on what steps were proper and neceffary for them to take , on an affair of fo much importance to their fe- curity , they determined to petition the ...
... bill alarmed the mer- chants ; and in a meeting held for the pur- pose of deliberating on what steps were proper and neceffary for them to take , on an affair of fo much importance to their fe- curity , they determined to petition the ...
الصفحة 40
... against the proceedings in the courts , in his speech on the 14th of April * . These papers had the defired effect ; the bill was * See Appendix , No. XIII . dropped ; " dropped ; but as fo many ferious charges had , ( 40 ) .
... against the proceedings in the courts , in his speech on the 14th of April * . These papers had the defired effect ; the bill was * See Appendix , No. XIII . dropped ; " dropped ; but as fo many ferious charges had , ( 40 ) .
الصفحة 78
... bill de Quebec ; une " chambre d'affemblée nous repugne par " les confequences fatales qui en reful- Pourrions nous nous flatter de " teront : " conferver long temps comme Catholiques " romains les memes prerogatives que les fujets ...
... bill de Quebec ; une " chambre d'affemblée nous repugne par " les confequences fatales qui en reful- Pourrions nous nous flatter de " teront : " conferver long temps comme Catholiques " romains les memes prerogatives que les fujets ...
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