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Peace of the King

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Peace of God and the Church

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Hand-grith

Hand-grith, peace or protection given by the king with his own hand.

Articles of the peace

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may bail in that case be allowed, except by order of a Secretary of State or by the King's Bench Division of the High Court, or a judge thereof in vacation; while, on the other hand, they … of a charge against him. In all cases of felony, and in certain misdemeanours, the justices of the peace may take bail at the time of the examination; and in all cases where a person charged with

Indictment

of certain enactments set out in the 1st Schedule (high treason and certain other offences tribal in the King's Bench Division). Indictments were of a highly technical character until simplified by the Indictments Act, 1915, which directs … Offences Rules, S.R. & O., 1933, No. 832. Though it is usual to proceed before justices of the peace for commitment of the alleged offender to prison to await his trial at Assizes (see that title) or

Office

or make justices of the peace, sheriffs, . . . or any other officer or minister of the King shall be firmly sworn that they shall not ordain name, or make justice of peace, sheriff . .

Bill of Rights

those who petitioned the King, and discouraging petitions; by raising and keeping a standing army in time of peace; by violating the freedom of election of members to serve in Parliament; by violent prosecutions and the causing … Lords and Commons to the Prince and Princess of Orange, and afterwards enacted in Parliament, when they became King and Queen, as 1 W. & M., sess. 2, c. 2. Its Preambles sets forth that King James,

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