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Coronation oath

Coronation oath. At the public ceremony of crowning a sovereign of this kingdom in acknowledgment of his right to govern the kingdom, the sovereign swears to observe the laws, customs, and privileges of the kingdom, and...

Foreign Bill of Exchange

Foreign Bill of Exchange, a bill which is not an inland bill. See INLAND BILL. Before 19 & 20 Vict. c. 97, a bill drawn in one part of the United Kingdom, as England, on a...

Gordon Riots

Gordon Riots, a series of violent 'No Poperty' disturbances which occurred in London in June, 1780, so called after Lord George Gordon, the President of the 'Protestant Association.' The authorities behaved with the utmost imbecility and...

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H'retico comburendo, De

H'retico comburendo, De, an ancient common law writ against a heretic, who having been convicted of heresy by the bishop, abjured it, and afterwards fell into the same again, or some other, and was thereupon delivered...

King

King, the head and governor of a country. The King, under his present style or title, George VI., by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the British...

Lollardy

Lollardy [fr. lullen, lollen, or lallen, Old Germ., to sing with a low voice; and hard, from the singing of funeral dirges, Mosh.], a vulgar term of reproach brought from Belgium an given to the early...

Nantes, edict of

Nantes, edict of, for the security of Protestants, made by Henry IV. of France, and revoked by Louis XIV., October 2, 1685.

Notary or Notary Public

Notary or Notary Public [fr. notaire, Fr., fr. notarius, Lat.], an officer who takes notes of anything which may concern the public; he attests deeds or writings to make them authentic in another country; but is...

Obtest

Obtest, to call solemnly upon, to adjure; to protest.

Papist

Papist [fr. papa, Lat., a pope], one who, adhering to the communion of the Church of Rome, maintains the supreme ecclesiastical power of the Pope, as contradistinguished from English Protestants who in Statutes, Canons, and the...

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Coronation oath

Coronation oath. At the public ceremony of crowning a sovereign of this kingdom in acknowledgment of his right to govern the kingdom, the sovereign swears to observe the laws, customs, and privileges of the kingdom, and...

Foreign Bill of Exchange

Foreign Bill of Exchange, a bill which is not an inland bill. See INLAND BILL. Before 19 & 20 Vict. c. 97, a bill drawn in one part of the United Kingdom, as England, on a...

Gordon Riots

Gordon Riots, a series of violent 'No Poperty' disturbances which occurred in London in June, 1780, so called after Lord George Gordon, the President of the 'Protestant Association.' The authorities behaved with the utmost imbecility and...

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H'retico comburendo, De

H'retico comburendo, De, an ancient common law writ against a heretic, who having been convicted of heresy by the bishop, abjured it, and afterwards fell into the same again, or some other, and was thereupon delivered...

King

King, the head and governor of a country. The King, under his present style or title, George VI., by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the British...

Lollardy

Lollardy [fr. lullen, lollen, or lallen, Old Germ., to sing with a low voice; and hard, from the singing of funeral dirges, Mosh.], a vulgar term of reproach brought from Belgium an given to the early...

Nantes, edict of

Nantes, edict of, for the security of Protestants, made by Henry IV. of France, and revoked by Louis XIV., October 2, 1685.

Notary or Notary Public

Notary or Notary Public [fr. notaire, Fr., fr. notarius, Lat.], an officer who takes notes of anything which may concern the public; he attests deeds or writings to make them authentic in another country; but is...

Obtest

Obtest, to call solemnly upon, to adjure; to protest.

Papist

Papist [fr. papa, Lat., a pope], one who, adhering to the communion of the Church of Rome, maintains the supreme ecclesiastical power of the Pope, as contradistinguished from English Protestants who in Statutes, Canons, and the...

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