| John Adolphus - 1818 - 762 pages
...of the ket : being the king's court granted by charter to the lords of thofe hundreds or manors. Ito original intent was to view the frank pledges, that is, the freemen .iwithin the liberty ; who, according to the inititution of the great Alfred, were all mutually pledges... | |
| Sir William BLACKSTONE, Vincent WANOSTROCHT - 1823 - 872 pages
...steward of the leet ; being the king's court granted by charter to the lords of those hundreds or manors. Its original intent was to view the frank pledges, that is, the freemen within the liberty; who were all mutually pledges for the good behaviour of each other. Besides this, the preservation of the... | |
| James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow, R. G. Barnwell, Edwin Bell, William MacCreary Burwell - 1859 - 752 pages
...offences, and preventing crime by nipping it in the bud. Our grand juries but illy supply its place. Its original intent was to view the frank pledges, that is, the freemen within the liberty, who were all mutually pledges for the good behavior of each other. It resembled, in its sphere and influence,... | |
| James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow, R. G. Barnwell, Edwin Bell, William MacCreary Burwell - 1859 - 740 pages
...offences, and preventing crime by nipping it in the bud. Our grand juries but illy supply its place. Its original intent was to view the frank pledges, that is, the freemen within the liberty, who were all mutually pledges for the good behavior of each other. It resembled, in its sphere and influence,... | |
| Henry John Stephen - 1863 - 770 pages
...the leet (t) : being the king's court granted by charter to the lords of those hundreds or manors. Its original intent was to view the frank pledges, that is, the freemen within the liberty : who, we may remember, according to the institution of the great Alfred, were all mutually pledges for the... | |
| Henry John Stephen - 1874 - 724 pages
...of the leet(w): being the king's court granted by charter to the lords of those hundreds or manors. Its original intent was to view the frank pledges, that is, the freemen within the liberty : Viet. c. 55, s. 14, the qualification statute, with regard to the trial of for such deputy is, that... | |
| Henry John Stephen, James Stephen - 1883 - 734 pages
...the leet (<•) ; being the king's court granted by charter to the lords of those hundreds or manors. Its original intent was to view the frank pledges, that is, the freemen within the liberty ; who, we may remember, according to the institution of the great Alfred, were all mutually pledges for the... | |
| 1892 - 438 pages
...year and not oftener, within a particular hundred, lordship, or manor, before the steward of the leet. Its original intent was to view the frank pledges, that is, the freemen within the liberty, who were all mutually pledges for the good behaviour of each other. Besides this, the preservation of the... | |
| Walter A. Shumaker, George Foster Longsdorf - 1901 - 1016 pages
...leet, for the preservation of the peace, and the punishment of all trivial misdemeanors. Kitch. Cts. Its original intent was to view the frank pledges,— that is, the freemen of the liberty who anciently were all mutually pledges for the good behavior of each other, — and... | |
| 1985 - 80 pages
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