Selected quad for the lemma: nation_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nation_n	england_n	law_n	statute_n	1,497	5	9.0809	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26173	Jus Anglorum ab antiquo, or, A confutation of an impotent libel against the government by king, lords, and commons under pretence of answering Mr. Petyt, and the author of Jani Anglorum facies nova : with a speech, according to the answerer's principles, made for the Parliament at Oxford.	Atwood, William, d. 1705?; Brady, Robert, 1627?-1700. Full and clear answer to a book.; Petyt, William, 1636-1707. Antient right of the Commons of England asserted.; Atwood, William, d. 1705? Jani Anglorum facies nova.	1681 (1681)	Wing A4175; ESTC R9859	138,988	352

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retain_v the_o power_n of_o take_v satisfaction_n upon_o

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which_o the_o feudist_n speak_v of_o as_o incident_a to_o feud_n without_o the_o despotic_a power_n and_o the_o end_n or_o nature_n of_o they_o be_v answer_v from_o whence_o will_v the_o argument_n be_v bring_v that_o it_o ought_v to_o be_v so_o i_o will_v grant_v that_o it_o be_v not_o a_o feud_n unless_o there_o be_v utile_fw-la dominium_fw-la for_o that_o distinguish_v it_o from_o a_o alodium_fw-la which_o sometime_o may_v yield_v no_o profit_n to_o any_o superior_a but_o those_o who_o well_o know_v the_o nature_n of_o feud_n teach_v we_o that_o it_o be_v the_o infancy_n of_o feud_n when_o they_o whole_o depend_v on_o the_o lord_n and_o can_v not_o stand_v without_o be_v support_v by_o his_o pleasure_n than_o indeed_o which_o be_v before_o feud_n be_v spread_v into_o many_o nation_n 20._o cragius_fw-la de_fw-la feudis_fw-la fol._n 20._o nec_fw-la servientibus_fw-la aliud_fw-la jus_o erat_fw-la in_o his_o proediis_fw-la quam_fw-la precarium_fw-la quod_fw-la qui_fw-la habet_fw-la 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of_o william_n the_o first_o and_o above_o 450_o year_n before_o the_o 49th_o of_o h._n 3._o and_o i_o will_v rather_o believe_v cujacius_n for_o the_o jus_n feodale_n or_o the_o nature_n of_o it_o than_o what_o we_o find_v under_o the_o title_n parliament_n in_o the_o glossary_a cujacius_n define_v a_o feud_n 4._o cujacius_n de_fw-fr feudis_fw-la foe_fw-mi 464._o tom._n 4._o jus_fw-la praedio_fw-la alieno_fw-la in_o perpetuum_fw-la utendi_fw-la fruendi_fw-la quod_fw-la pro_fw-la beneficio_fw-la dominus_fw-la that_fw-mi eâ_fw-la lege_fw-la ut_fw-la qui_fw-la accipit_fw-la sibi_fw-la fidem_fw-la &_o militiae_fw-la munus_fw-la aliudve_fw-la servitium_fw-la exhibeat_fw-la a_o usufructuary_n right_o in_o another_o land_n which_o the_o lord_n give_v for_o a_o benefice_n upon_o condition_n that_o the_o grantee_n shall_v be_v faithful_a and_o true_a to_o he_o and_o perform_v military_a or_o other_o service_n this_o be_v a_o perpetual_a right_n therefore_o not_o to_o be_v dispose_v of_o by_o the_o lord_n will_n or_o the_o law_n which_o he_o shall_v give_v it_o be_v indeed_o vsufructuary_n because_o the_o lord_n have_v the_o forfeiture_n and_o escheat_n according_a to_o the_o law_n settle_v in_o any_o particular_a place_n for_o i_o take_v it_o that_o in_o one_o place_n they_o differ_v from_o another_o and_o in_o confutation_n of_o this_o conjecture_n that_o ex_fw-la ipso_fw-la jure_fw-la feodali_fw-la the_o lord_n jus_o dicit_fw-la take_v this_o as_o the_o general_a law_n of_o feud_n it_o be_v enough_o that_o in_o any_o place_n where_o the_o feudal_n law_n be_v receive_v it_o be_v otherwise_o andeg_n choppinus_n de_fw-fr juridic_n andeg_n choppinus_n say_v that_o among_o the_o french_a a_o feud_n imply_v not_o juridica_fw-la potestas_fw-la nil_fw-la common_a cum_fw-la juridica_fw-la potestate_fw-la which_o if_o as_o jurisdiction_n be_v often_o use_v to_o signify_v a_o power_n inferiors_n to_o jus_fw-la dicere_fw-la it_o be_v but_o a_o judicial_a power_n it_o follow_v that_o the_o lord_n can_v not_o have_v the_o great_a where_o he_o have_v not_o so_o much_o as_o the_o less_o and_o far_o feud_n have_v in_o all_o country_n be_v guide_v by_o the_o law_n of_o property_n their_o common_a law_n thus_o say_v cujacius_n nos_fw-la quoque_fw-la jus_o feudorum_fw-la quo_fw-la italia_n utitur_fw-la sequimur_fw-la non_fw-la inviti_fw-la nisi_fw-la siqua_fw-la in_o re_fw-la pugnet_fw-la cum_fw-la legibus_fw-la aut_fw-la moribus_fw-la nostris_fw-la we_o also_o willing_o follow_v the_o law_n of_o feud_n which_o italy_n use_v unless_o in_o any_o thing_n it_o fight_v with_o our_o law_n or_o custom_n and_o this_o be_v to_o be_v observe_v that_o the_o end_n of_o raise_v feud_n have_v often_o prevail_v to_o introduce_v a_o custom_n without_o any_o express_a law_n and_o beyond_o the_o foreign_a law_n of_o feud_n 1._o without_o express_v law_n and_o thus_o to_o preserve_v the_o head_n of_o a_o barony_n that_o be_v never_o to_o be_v divide_v whereas_o any_o other_o part_n be_v often_o so_o in_o which_o the_o common_a law_n prevail_v from_o the_o end_n of_o raise_v the_o feud_n which_o require_v the_o preservation_n of_o that_o entire_a though_o the_o other_o part_n of_o the_o barony_n may_v be_v divide_v bracton_n and_o fleta_n suppose_v the_o barony_n to_o descend_v to_o several_a as_o well_o male_n as_o female_n 76._o bracton_n lib._n 2._o foe_n 76._o primogenitus_fw-la vel_fw-la primogenita_fw-la habeat_fw-la electionem_fw-la propter_fw-la svam_fw-la eisneciam_fw-la say_v bracton_n 313._o fleta_n lib._n 5._o foe_n 313._o who_o word_n only_o i_o repeat_v let_v the_o first_o bear_v male_a or_o female_a have_v election_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o elder_a share_n and_o with_o this_o agree_v a_o record_n in_o king_n john_n reign_n thomas_n de_fw-fr scoteney_n petit_fw-la versus_fw-la willielm_n scoteney_n capital_a mesuag_n quod_fw-la habere_fw-la debet_fw-la in_o steinton_n cum_fw-la pertinentiis_fw-la sicut_fw-la illud_fw-la quod_fw-la pertinet_fw-la ad_fw-la eisneciam_fw-la svam_fw-la de_fw-la baronia_fw-la quae_fw-la fuit_fw-la lamberti_n scoteny_n thomas_n de_fw-fr scoteny_n dorso_fw-la

out_o of_o this_o curia_n for_o the_o sake_n of_o which_o as_o well_o as_o the_o king_n own_o the_o charge_n be_v divide_v chap._n viii_o that_o ordinary_a freeholders_n be_v noble_n before_o the_o 49._o of_o hen._n 3._o and_o come_v to_o the_o great_a council_n as_o such_o in_o their_o own_o person_n have_v vindicate_v from_o his_o cavil_n my_o notion_n of_o the_o curia_fw-la regis_fw-la and_o the_o present_a seat_n of_o its_o power_n i_o shall_v address_v myself_o to_o show_v that_o i_o have_v not_o cheat_v my_o reader_n in_o the_o proof_n i_o have_v bring_v of_o the_o general_a council_n of_o the_o nation_n much_o more_o large_a than_o the_o ordinary_a curia_fw-la regis_fw-la i_o think_v i_o have_v show_v in_o my_o first_o essay_n in_o this_o kind_n by_o very_o clear_a proof_n that_o the_o liberè_fw-la tenentes_fw-la of_o the_o kingdom_n freeholders_n come_v to_o the_o great_a council_n from_o the_o reign_n of_o william_n the_o first_o inclusive_o to_o the_o 48._o or_o 49._o of_o hen._n 3._o without_o any_o settle_a exclusion_n which_o be_v enough_o if_o it_o reach_v to_o the_o great_a part_n of_o they_o with_o which_o the_o balance_n be_v if_o i_o prove_v that_o as_o such_o to_o wit_n mere_o because_o of_o property_n be_v it_o more_o or_o less_o they_o be_v noble_a the_o proof_n will_v be_v yet_o strong_a because_o all_o author_n and_o record_n agree_v that_o no_o noble_n be_v exclude_v till_o then_o mr._n petyt_n have_v very_o judicious_o assert_v the_o right_n of_o commoner_n all_o along_o before_o the_o conquest_n which_o our_o opponent_n like_o a_o right_a sophister_n will_v have_v to_o be_v from_o the_o creation_n whereas_o that_o it_o be_v so_o immemorial_o so_o as_o there_o be_v no_o footstep_n to_o the_o contrary_a be_v as_o much_o in_o the_o eye_n of_o law_n as_o if_o from_o his_o fantastical_a epocha_n so_o in_o domesday-book_n land_n be_v say_v to_o have_v be_v semper_fw-la in_o ecclesiâ_fw-la or_o in_o monasterio_n to_o take_v in_o the_o justification_n both_o of_o mr._n petyt_n and_o myself_o i_o shall_v prove_v that_o all_o the_o freeholders_n which_o be_v in_o a_o true_a sense_n universi_fw-la de_fw-la regno_fw-la be_v noble_n that_o these_o be_v the_o whole_a kingdom_n appear_v by_o one_o of_o the_o statute_n require_v the_o enter_v into_o such_o sodality_n de_fw-fr omnibus_fw-la villis_fw-la totius_fw-la regni_fw-la sub_fw-la decimali_fw-la fidejussione_n debebant_fw-la esse_fw-la universi_fw-la 19_o leges_fw-la sancti_fw-la ed._n cap._n 19_o the_o whole_a people_n of_o all_o the_o vill_n of_o the_o kingdom_n aught_o to_o be_v under_o or_o else_o within_o franckpledge_n it_o appear_v by_o another_o law_n that_o those_o who_o be_v not_o freeholders_n be_v under_o the_o pledge_n of_o another_o habeat_fw-la omnis_fw-la dominus_fw-la familiam_fw-la svam_fw-la in_o plegio_fw-la svo_fw-la let_v every_o master_n of_o a_o family_n have_v his_o family_n within_o his_o pledge_n and_o every_o master_n of_o a_o family_n must_v be_v reciprocal_a with_o a_o free-pledge_a or_o freeholder_n for_o he_o who_o have_v not_o wherewith_o to_o maintain_v his_o family_n either_o no_o body_n will_v undertake_v for_o and_o so_o he_o be_v cast_v out_o to_o be_v imprison_v and_o no_o member_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n or_o else_o be_v under_o the_o wing_n of_o another_o have_v not_o wherewith_o otherwise_o to_o subsist_v agreeable_o to_o this_o letae_fw-la spelman_n glos._n do_fw-mi letae_fw-la sir_n h._n s._n call_v these_o free_a pledge_n liberiores_fw-la villae_fw-la seu_fw-la designatae_fw-la stationis_fw-la these_o freeholders_n have_v a_o inferior_a court_n of_o justice_n by_o themselves_o from_o whence_o appeal_n lay_v upward_o to_o the_o hundred_o from_o they_o to_o the_o county_n from_o they_o to_o the_o curia_fw-la regis_fw-la and_o the_o propositus_fw-la or_o headborough_n be_v aldermannus_n friburgos_n aldermannus_n aldermannus_n aldermannus_n leges_fw-la sancti_fw-la ed._n de_fw-fr centum_fw-la &_o ●riborgis_fw-la spelm._n glos._n tit_n friburgos_n isti_fw-la speak_v of_o the_o decanus_n decemvir_fw-la or_o caput_fw-la de_fw-la decem_fw-la inter_v villa_n &_o vicinos_fw-la causas_fw-la tractabant_fw-la &_o secundum_fw-la forisfacturas_fw-la emendationes_fw-la capiebant_fw-la &_o concordationes_fw-la faciebant_fw-la viz._n de_fw-la pascuis_fw-la pratis_fw-la messibus_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr litigationibus_fw-la inter_fw-la vieinos_fw-la &_o innumerabilibus_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la decertationibus_fw-la quae_fw-la humanam_fw-la fragilitatem_fw-la infestant_fw-la &_o eam_fw-la incessanter_fw-la oppugnant_fw-la cum_fw-la autem_fw-la majores_fw-la causae_fw-la erumpebant_fw-la referebantur_fw-la ad_fw-la superiores_fw-la eorum_fw-la justiciarios_fw-la quos_fw-la supradicti_fw-la sapientes_fw-la super_fw-la eos_fw-la constituerant_fw-la frankpledge_a viz._n they_o that_o make_v the_o law_n of_o frankpledge_a scilicet_fw-la super_fw-la decem_fw-la decanos_fw-la quos_fw-la possumus_fw-la dicere_fw-la centuriones_fw-la vel_fw-la centumviros_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la semper_fw-la centum_fw-la friborgos_n judicabant_fw-la they_o treat_v of_o cause_n in_o the_o vill_n and_o among_o their_o neighbour_n they_o take_v satisfaction_n according_a to_o the_o forfeiture_n and_o make_v agreement_n between_o the_o party_n to_o wit_n about_o pasture_n meadow_n crop_n and_o quarrel_n among_o neighbour_n and_o innumerable_a contest_v of_o this_o kind_n which_o infest_a humane_a frailty_n and_o continual_o assault_v it_o but_o when_o great_a cause_n happen_v they_o be_v refer_v to_o justice_n above_o they_o which_o the_o aforesaid_a wiseman_n place_v over_o they_o to_o wit_n over_o the_o head_n of_o ten_o tything_n who_o we_o may_v call_v century_n or_o centumvirs_n because_o they_o always_o judge_v a_o hundred_o frank-pledge_n these_o head_n of_o the_o tithing_n who_o be_v judge_n in_o the_o vill_n be_v aldermanni_n choose_v by_o the_o major_a part_n of_o every_o tything_n from_o this_o it_o follow_v that_o if_o the_o headborough_n be_v a_o alderman_n of_o the_o choice_n of_o the_o freeholders_n than_o the_o right_n of_o freeholders_n to_o dispose_v of_o property_n be_v sufficient_o maintain_v in_o have_v their_o aldermanni_n at_o the_o great_a council_n as_o at_o that_o of_o king_n ina_n inae_fw-la leges_fw-la inae_fw-la where_o the_o law_n be_v make_v exhortatione_n &_o doctrinâ_fw-la of_o some_o great_a man_n particular_o name_v &_o omnium_fw-la aldermannorum_fw-la meorum_fw-la but_o indeed_o there_o be_v beside_o these_o seniores_fw-la sapientes_fw-la which_o i_o take_v it_o will_v reach_v to_o all_o the_o free-pledge_n and_o a_o great_a assembly_n of_o the_o servant_n of_o god_n under_o which_o expression_n also_o they_o may_v have_v come_v as_o well_o as_o the_o clergy_n friborgis_n glos._n p._n 31._o omnis_fw-la homo_fw-la qui_fw-la se_fw-la tenuerit_fw-la pro_fw-la libero_fw-la sit_fw-la in_o plegio_fw-la leges_fw-la willielmi_n 1_o est_fw-la quaedam_fw-la summa_fw-la &_o maxima_fw-la securitas_fw-la per_fw-la qua●_n omnes_fw-la statu_fw-la firmissimo_fw-la sustinentur_fw-la ut_fw-la unusquisque_fw-la stabiliet_fw-la se_fw-la sub_fw-la fi●●jussi●nis_fw-la securitate_fw-la leges_fw-la sancti_fw-la ed._n de_fw-fr friborgis_n yet_o our_o author_n have_v shut_v out_o all_o clerk_n and_o knight_n suppose_v they_o all_o along_o to_o have_v be_v no_o part_n of_o the_o nation_n divide_v into_o decuries_n or_o tything_n but_o the_o main_a point_n yet_o unprove_v be_v that_o every_o dominus_fw-la familiae_fw-la or_o freeholder_n be_v a_o thayn_n and_o this_o i_o will_v prove_v by_o the_o great_a authority_n that_o of_o statute_n law_n et_fw-la habeat_fw-la omnis_fw-la dominus_fw-la familiam_fw-la svam_fw-la in_o plegio_fw-la svo_fw-la &_o si_fw-la accusetur_fw-la in_o aliquo_fw-la respondeat_fw-la in_o hundredo_fw-la ubi_fw-la compellabitur_fw-la sicut_fw-la recta_fw-la lex_fw-la sit_fw-la 52._o leges_fw-la c●nuti_n c._n 52._o quod_fw-la si_fw-la a●cusetur_fw-la &_o fugiat_fw-la reddat_fw-la dominus_fw-la ejus_fw-la regi_fw-la weram_fw-la i._o precium_fw-la nativitatis_fw-la hominis_fw-la illius_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la dominus_fw-la accusetur_fw-la quod_fw-la ejus_fw-la consilio_fw-la fugerit_fw-la adlegiet_fw-la se_fw-la cum_fw-la quinque_fw-la thanis_n id_fw-la est_fw-la nobilibus_fw-la &_o idem_fw-la sit_fw-la sextus_fw-la si_fw-la purgatio_fw-la frangat_fw-la ei_fw-la reddat_fw-la ei_fw-la weram_fw-la svam_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la fugerit_fw-la extra_fw-la legem_fw-la habeatur_fw-la and_o let_v every_o master_n have_v his_o family_n in_o his_o pledge_n and_o if_o he_o be_v accuse_v in_o any_o thing_n let_v he_o that_o be_v of_o the_o family_n answer_v in_o the_o hundred_o where_o he_o shall_v be_v try_v according_a to_o law_n but_o if_o he_o be_v accuse_v and_o fly_v for_o it_o let_v his_o master_n pay_v the_o king_n his_o be_v that_o be_v the_o price_n of_o his_o head_n or_o of_o his_o birth_n and_o if_o the_o master_n be_v accuse_v that_o he_o flee_v with_o his_o counsel_n or_o consent_n let_v he_o wage_v his_o law_n with_o five_o thain_n that_o be_v nobles_z and_o let_v himself_o be_v the_o six_o if_o he_o can_v acquit_v himself_o let_v he_o pay_v the_o king_n the_o price_n of_o his_o head_n and_o let_v the_o party_n that_o flee_v be_v outlaw_v here_o the_o master_n of_o the_o family_n be_v join_v with_o five_o thayn_n and_o he_o make_v the_o six_o and_o this_o the_o