 | English literature - 730 pages
...calling in the affiftance of the king's Cubjeds, againft atroci ous injuries of the lord : for he night not kill, or maim his villein ; though he might beat him with impunity, finee the villein had no acYionor remedy at law againft his lord, but in cafe of the murder of bis... | |
 | English poetry - 1774 - 428 pages
...perfons of villeins, as the king's; fubjects, againft atrocious injuries of the lord : for he might jiot kill, or maim his; villein ; though' he might beat him. with impunity, iince the villein hud no action,or remedy at.law agaiaft his lord, but in: cafe of the murder, of his... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1791 - 566 pages
...freedom by it ?. The law however protected the perfons of villeins, as the king's fubjefts, againil atrocious injuries of the lord: for he might not kill, or maim his villein z ; though he might beat him with impunity, fmcc the villein had no aclion or remedy at law againfl... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1794 - 700 pages
...freedom by it y. The law however protected the perfons of villeins, as the king's fubjedls, againft atrocious injuries of the lord : for he might not kill, or maim his villein 2 ; though he might beat him with impunity, fince the villein had no aclion or remedy at law againft... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1797 - 516 pages
...natural freedom by it. The law however proteited the perfons of villeins, as the king's fubjefts, againft atrocious injuries of the lord : for he might not...his villein; though he might beat him with impunity, fmce the villein had no anión or remedy at law againil his lord, but in cafe of the murder of his... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 636 pages
...fliould lofe his natural freedom by it. The law, however, protected tlie perfons of villeins againft atrocious injuries of the lord : for he might not...villein ; though he might beat him with impunity. Villeins might be enfranchised by manumiffion. In procefs of time they gained confiderable ground on... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1807 - 698 pages
...natural freedom by itx. The law however protected the persons of villeins, as the king's subjects, against atrocious injuries of the lord: for he might not kill, or maim his villein z ; though he might beat him with impunity, since the villein had no action or remedy at law against... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1819 - 482 pages
...nothing by inheritance, it were hard thai he should lose his natural freedom by it. The law, however, protected the persons of villeins against atrocious injuries of the lord : for he might not kill or miitn his villein, though he might beat him with impunity. Villeins might be enfranchised by manumission.... | |
 | Charles Barton - Conveyancing - 1821 - 696 pages
...natural freedom by it*. The law, however, protected the persons of villains, as the king's subjects, against atrocious injuries of the lord: for he might not kill or maim his villain1; b c. 8. f Lit. s. 202. e De jure Suetonum, \. 2, * Ibid. s. 187. c. 4. "Ibid. s. 187, 188.... | |
 | Literature - 1826 - 450 pages
...natural freedom by it. The law however protected the perfons of villeins, as the king's fubjects, againft atrocious injuries of the lord : for he might not...villein ; though he might beat him with impunity, iince the villein had no aflion or remedy at law againft his lord, but in cafe of the murder of his... | |
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The law however protected the persons of villeins, as the king's subjects, against atrocious injuries of the lord: for he might not kill, or maim his villein z ; though he might beat him with impunity... 
