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Prince [fr. princeps, Latt.], a sovereign; a chief ruler of either sex. 'Queen Elizabeth, a prince admirable above her sex for her princely virtues, Camden....
Princely
Of or relating to a prince regal royal of highest rank or authority as princely birth character fortune etc...
Restraints of princes
Restraints of princes. The expression occurs in marine insurance policies, bills of lading, etc., usually as part of the phrase 'Arrests or Restraints of Princes, Rulers or People', being one of the group of contingencies against which provision is made. It covers any forcible interference with the voyage or adventure at the hands of the constituted government or ruling power of any country. See Carver on Carriage by Sea, 6th Edn., pp. 113-117, and the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 1924, Sch., Art. iv. 2...
Wales, Prince of
Wales, Prince of. See PRINCE OF WALES...
Prince of Wales
Prince of Wales, the eldest son of the reigning sovereign, if so created. He is the heir-apparent to the Crown; he is created Earl of Chester, and is Duke of Cornwall by inheritance (during the life of the sovereign), without any new creation. See Letters of Queen Victoria, Sir James Graham to Her Majesty, 6th Dec. 1841. As to rights of the heir-apparent to submarine mines and minerals in Corn wall, see 21 & 22 Vict. c. 109; as to the obligation of his creditors to claim payment of debts within a short period of their being incurred on pain of the debts being barred, see 35 Geo. 3, c. 125....
Prince of Wales Island, Singapore and Malacca
Prince of Wales Island, Singapore and Malacca. Administered together as a British Colony. See Straits Settlements Act, 1866 (29 & 30 Vict. c. 115)....
Princes of the Royal Blood
Princes of the Royal Blood, the younger sons and daughters of the sovereign and other branches of the royal family who are not in the immediate line of succession; see Civil List Acts....
Highness
Highness, a title of honour given to princes. The kings of England, before the time of James I., were not usually saluted with the title of Majesty, but with that of Highness. By Letters Patent of 11th December, 1917, it was provided that the children of a sovereign, and the children of the sons of a sovereign, and the eldest son of the eldest son of the Prince of Wales sall bear the title of Royal Highness and of Prince or Princess. The children of crowned heads generally receive the style of Highness; as also certain rulers of Indian independent states....
Laudibus (de) legum angli'
Laudibus (de) legum angli'. Sir John Fortescue, who had been some time chief justice of the King's Bench in the reign of Henry VI., is said to have written this work, while in exile with the Prince of Wales, and others of the Lancastrian party, in France. Sir John was then made chancellor; and in that character he supposes himself holding a conversation with the young prince on the nature and excellence of the laws of England compared with the civil law and the laws of other countries. He considers at length the mode of trying matters of fact by jury, and shows how it excels that by witnesses. He informs us that some of our princes wished to introduce the civil law merely for the sake of governing in the arbitrary way allowed by that law, which declares, quod principi placuit legis habet vigorem. He then proceed to examine some other points of difference between the Civil and Common Law, always deciding in favour of our own. He concludes his book with a short account of the societies w...
Supremacy, Oath of
Supremacy, Oath of, the abolished oath prescribed for nearly 200 years, together with the oath of allegiance, was to be taken by various high officers and persons by 1 W. & M. c. 8, and also by the Bill of Rights, 1 W. & M. sess. 2, c. 2, and is to this effect:-I, A.B., to swear that I do from my heart abhor, detest and abjure as impious and heretical this damnable doctrine and position, that Princes excommunicated or deprived by the Pope, or any authority of the see of Rome, may be deposed or murdered by their subjects or any other whatsoever. And I do declare that no foreign prince, person, prelate, state or potentate hath or ought to have any jurisdiction, power, superiority, pre-eminence or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm. Se help me God.This oath had to be taken by all clergy on their ordination until the passing of the Clerical Subscription Act, 1865, when a single oath, as prescribed by 21 & 22 Vict. c. 48, was substituted for the oaths of allegiance an...
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