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of_o allegiance_n and_o supremacy_n explain_v ibid._n robbery_n the_o law_n to_o be_v alter_v page_n 114_o against_o condemnation_n upon_o a_o single_a testimony_n page_n 115_o touch_v jury_n page_n 116_o new_a law_n to_o be_v make_v upon_o new_a accident_n page_n 117_o make_v of_o eunuch_n ibid._n steal_v of_o winding-sheet_n ibid._n steal_v of_o man_n page_n 118_o against_o delay_n in_o court_n ibid._n fee_n in_o all_o court_n ibid._n about_o examination_n of_o witness_n in_o defence_n ibid._n against_o the_o examination_n of_o witness_n in_o the_o hear_n of_o one_o another_o page_n 119_o reparation_n to_o person_n wrongful_o accuse_v page_n 120_o the_o act_n touch_v the_o court_n of_o ward_n and_o tenor_n to_o be_v repeat_v page_n 120_o rate_n to_o be_v set_v for_o buy_v commodity_n page_n 121_o about_o dignity_n and_o precedency_n ibid._n against_o the_o act_n for_o limitation_n of_o action_n page_n 122_o against_o multiplicity_n of_o statute_n upon_o the_o same_o subject_n ibid._n the_o clergy_n proctor_n in_o the_o house_n of_o commons_o page_n 123_o about_o augmentation_n of_o vicaridge_n ibid._n against_o mensal_n page_n 124_o touch_v the_o bound_n of_o jurisdiction_n page_n 125_o the_o ordinary_n power_n about_o distribution_n of_o portion_n ibid._n against_o concurrence_n of_o jurisdiction_n ibid._n will_n to_o be_v transmit_v into_o the_o several_a county_n page_n 126_o degree_n of_o marriage_n prohibit_v ibid._n about_o the_o suppression_n of_o sedition_n book_n page_n 127_o spenser_n treason_n ibid._n goodwin_n book_n ibid._n buck_n book_n ibid._n sir_n edward_n cook_n writing_n page_n 128_o illegal_a and_o sedition_n speech_n ibid._n the_o illegal_a preface_n to_o the_o proposition_n at_o the_o isle_n of_o wight_n page_n 129_o rectify_v the_o translation_n of_o some_o word_n ibid._n illegal_a declaration_n page_n 130_o the_o printing-press_a ibid._n a_o body_n of_o the_o law_n to_o be_v frame_v ibid._n ecclesiastical_a court_n to_o be_v court_n of_o record_n ibid._n read_v the_o article_n of_o religion_n ibid._n sign_v with_o the_o cross_n in_o baptism_n ibid._n church_a of_o woman_n private_o page_n 131_o touch_v absolution_n ibid._n touch_v the_o writ_n de_fw-fr excommunicato_fw-la capiendo_fw-la page_n 132_o finis_fw-la
meet_v withal_o semper_fw-la in_o dubiis_fw-la benigniora_fw-la praeferenda_fw-la sunt_fw-la ju_n sunt_fw-la l._n 56._o dig._n de_fw-fr reg_fw-la ju_n rapienda_fw-la occasio_fw-la est_fw-la quae_fw-la praebet_fw-la benignius_fw-la responsum_fw-la cod_n responsum_fw-la l._n 168._o dig._n cod_n in_o re_fw-la dubia_fw-la benigniorem_fw-la interpretationem_fw-la sequi_fw-la non_fw-la minus_fw-la justius_fw-la est_fw-la quà m_fw-la tutius_fw-la cod_n tutius_fw-la l._n 119._o dig._n cod_n in_o poenalibus_fw-la causis_fw-la benignius_fw-la est_fw-la interpretandum_fw-la cod_n interpretandum_fw-la l._n 155._o parag._n fin_fw-fr dig._n cod_n ca._n 49._o ext_fw-la cod_n satius_fw-la est_fw-la impunitum_fw-la manere_fw-la facinus_fw-la nocentis_fw-la quà m_fw-la innocentem_fw-la condemnare_fw-la poen_fw-mi condemnare_fw-la l._n 5._o dig._n de_fw-fr poen_fw-mi semper_fw-la in_o obscuris_fw-la quod_fw-la minimum_fw-la est_fw-la sequimur_fw-la jur_fw-fr sequimur_fw-la l_o 9_o dig._n de_fw-fr 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be_v evidence_n against_o one_o another_o they_o must_v not_o by_o remote_a circumstance_n or_o by_o any_o light_a poen_fw-mi light_a l._n absentem_fw-la parag_n 1._o dig._n de_fw-fr poen_fw-mi presumption_n but_o clear_o and_o concludent_o depose_v the_o thing_n and_o their_o testimony_n must_v be_v agree_v also_o not_o only_o as_o to_o the_o act_n do_v but_o as_o to_o place_n time_n person_n and_o other_o material_a circumstance_n wherein_o if_o they_o do_v vary_v or_o disagree_v the_o proof_n be_v insufficient_a three_o of_o the_o roman_a emperor_n gratian_n valentinian_n and_o theodosius_n do_v all_o agree_n in_o give_v to_o all_o public_a accuser_n this_o advertisement_n probat_fw-la advertisement_n l._n 25_o co_fw-la de_fw-fr probat_fw-la sciant_fw-la cuncti_fw-la accusatores_fw-la eam_fw-la se_fw-la rem_fw-la defer_v in_fw-la publicam_fw-la notionem_fw-la debere_fw-la quae_fw-la munita_fw-la sit_fw-la idoneis_fw-la testibus_fw-la vel_fw-la instructa_fw-la apertissimis_fw-la 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