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  1660-85. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
Acts of indemnity for all political offenses committed between Jan. 1, 1637, and June 24, 1660.
These acts were temporarily lifted in 1679, resulting in an increase in the number of publications before the acts resumed.
Act of Settlement passed in wake of demobilization partially to help local authorities cope with numerous disbanded soldiers throughout the country.
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 Article 1, Section 8, Clause 4 (Citizenship): Gardner v. Ward, reported in Kilham v. Ward
This act is equally inconclusive respecting the present question; unless it should be agreed, that the disqualification, and incapacity of becoming a citizen are to be inferred from the power, of excluding certain absentees or persons who have left this state, from the oath of allegiance.
The defendants cited lastly the act of 1784, entitled "An act for repealing two laws of this state, and for asserting the right of this free and sovereign commonwealth, to expel such aliens as may be dangerous to the peace and good order of government." This act passed after the return and reception of Mr.
The act of April 30th, 1779, was passed before the adoption of the constitution, by a legislature possessing undefined powers, wholly unlimited and unrestrained, so far at least as respected the objects of that law.
press-pubs.uchicago.edu /founders/documents/a1_8_4_citizenships16.html   (4191 words)

  
 [No title]
The gravamen of the complaint against appellee is that he acted negligently in his medical treatment of the decedent, which was rendered on February 2, 1992, and that his negligence resulted in the decedent's death on February 3, 1992.
The complaint prayed for damages for the pecuniary injury and extreme mental anguish of appellant and her child, for appellant's loss of consortium, for the decedent's medical bills as a result of the alleged negligence, and for the decedent's funeral expenses.
Pursuant to the Medical Malpractice Act, the Wrongful Death Act's statute of limitations, as an inconsistent provision of law, is superseded by the Medical Malpractice Act's statute of limitations.
courts.state.ar.us /opinions/1996/95-407.txt   (1562 words)

  
 Gardiner: Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution
That an Act be passed for recalling and making void all declarations and other proceedings against the Parliament, or against any that have acted by or under their authority in the late war, or in relation to it; and that the Ordinances for indemnity may be confirmed.
An Act to declare void the cessation of Ireland, andc., and to leave the prosecution of that war to the Lords and Commons in the Parliament of England.
That there may be a general Act of Oblivion to extend unto all (except the persons to be continued in exception as before), to absolve from all trespasses, misdemeanours, andc.
www.constitution.org /eng/conpur071.htm   (1455 words)

  
 Indemnity Plan
Indemnity is generally a payment or compensation for damages done.
In the Unification Church, indemnity is a theological term involved in the absolution of sin.
A secular counterpart to lesser indemnity would be if a child broke a neighbor's window, and the neighbor accepted the child's apology as settling the matter.
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 Indemnity and Oblivion Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Act of Free and General Pardon, Indemnity, and Oblivion, to give it its full title, fulfilled the guarantee given in the Declaration of Breda that reprisals against the establishment which had developed during the English Interregnum would be restricted to those who had officiated in the regicide of King Charles I.
11 July 1660 Pardon and Oblivion That the Title of this Bill be, “An Act of free and general Pardon, Indemnity, and Oblivion” Passed and was sent to the House of Lords.
An Irish act by the same name “An Act of Free and General Pardon, Indemnity, and Oblivion [for Ireland]” was sent to the Duke of Ormond on the 16 August 1664 by Sir Paul Davys
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 history of American Revolution by Mercy Warren, volume 1, chapter 2
By this extraordinary act, a certain duty was to be levied on all bonds, bills of lading, public papers, and writings of every kind, for the express purpose of raising a revenue to the crown.
In consequence of the general aversion to the Stamp Act, the British ministry were changed, in appearance, though the same men who had fabricated the American system, still retained their influence on the mind of the king, and in the councils of the nation.
It was hoped the act might be only a temporary expedient to hold up the authority of parliament and that in a short time the claim might die of itself without any attempt to revive such an unreasonable demand.
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 History of the Monarchy > The Stuarts > Charles II
However, the Militia Act of 1661 vested control of the armed forces in the Crown, and Parliament agreed to an annual revenue of £1,200,000 (a persistent deficit of £400,000-500,000 remained, leading to difficulties for Charles in his foreign policy).
Under the 1660 Act of Indemnity and Oblivion, only the lands of the Crown and the Church were automatically resumed; the lands of Royalists and other dissenters which had been confiscated and/or sold on were left for private negotiation or litigation.
Parliament's reaction to the Popish Plot of 1678 (an allegation by Titus Oates that Jesuit priests were conspiring to murder the King, and involving the Queen and the Lord Treasurer, Danby) was to impeach Danby and present a Bill to exclude James (Charles's younger brother and a Roman Catholic convert) from the succession.
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 House of Commons Journal Volume 8: 9 June 1660 | British History Online
Resolved, That Thomas Challenor be excepted out of the Act of general Pardon and Oblivion, for and in respect only of such Pains, Penalties, and Forfeitures, (not extending to Life) as shall be thought fit to be inflicted on him by another Act intended to be hereafter passed for that Purpose.
Resolved, That James Challenor be excepted out of the Act of general Pardon and Oblivion, for and in respect only of such Pains, Penalties, and Forfeitures, (not extending to Life) as shall be thought fit to be inflicted on him, by another Act intended to be hereafter passed for that Purpose.
Resolved, That John Fry be excepted out of the Act of general Pardon and Oblivion, for and in respect only of such Pains, Penalties, and Forfeitures, (not extending to Life) as shall be thought fit to be inflicted on him, by another Act intended to be hereafter passed for that Purpose.
www.british-history.ac.uk /report.asp?compid=26211   (1275 words)

  
 Subject Index Page 1. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade, England
Act for the Attainder of the Rebels, England
Act for the Gradual Civilization of the Indian Tribes in the Canadas
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 Hertlein v. St. Paul Fire
The complaint prayed for damages for the pecuniary injury and extreme mental anguish of appellant and her child, for appellant's loss ofconsortium, for the decedent's medical bills as a result of the alleged negligence, and for the decedent's funeral expenses.
In sum, we have expressly reserved ruling on whether wrongful death resulting from medical malpractice is governed by the Medical Malpractice Act, and this is the first time we are squarely faced with the issue.
The Medical Malpractice Act expressly "applies to all causes of action for medical injury accruing after April 2, 1979, and, as to such causes of action, shall supersede any inconsistent provision of law." Ark. Code Ann.
courts.state.ar.us /opinions/1996/95-407.html   (1609 words)

  
 Search Results for "Indemnity"
...double indemnity A feature of life insurance policies stating that the insurer will pay twice the face value of the policy if the insured dies accidentally.
As a result of the Declaration of Breda and Act of Indemnity and Oblivion, abolition of rights of knight service, worship, and purveyance in consideration...
...no-fault insurance, type of indemnity plan, usually applied to automobile coverage, in which those injured in an accident receive direct payment from the company...
www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?FILTER=&query=Indemnity   (315 words)

  
 Thoughts on the Present Discontents by Edmund Burke Part 2 - History European
This change from an immediate state of procuration and delegation to a course of acting as from original power, is the way in which all the popular magistracies in the world have been perverted from their purposes.
Whatever therefore is done in support of liberty, by persons not in public trust, or not acting merely in that trust, is liable to be more or less out of the ordinary course of the law; and the law itself is sufficient to animadvert upon it with great severity.
Opposition to acts of power was to be marked by a kind of civil proscription.
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 Geary and Kansas -Appendix.
But all provisions in this and other acts vesting the appointment of probate judges, county commissioners, and other public officers, in the Legislative Assembly, should at once be repealed, and the unqualified right of election conferred upon the people, whose interests are immediately affected by the acts of those officials.
This act requires the executive to reside in the territory, and makes him "commander-in-chief of the militia." This power must be vested some place, and is always conferred upon the chief magistrate.
This act is directly calculated to destroy the effect of a munificent grant of land by Congress for educational purposes.
www.kancoll.org /books/gihon/g_appx1.htm   (4867 words)

  
 BaconLaw
It is thought fit that it be enacted, and it is by the governour, councell and burgesses of this grand assembly, and by the authoritie thereof enacted and ordained in manner and forme as followeth, vizt.
Act VI: An act for chooseing of Vestries.
WHEREAS by the 64th act of assembly in the printed laws, the county courts are authorised to grant probates and administrations on estates of intestates, which probates and administrations are usually signed by the right honourable sir William Berkeley, knight governour, andc.
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 Part 2 of A Jacobite narrative of the war in Ireland (A light to the blind; Pluncket memoirs)
When this act of indemnity was notified to the Irish nobility and gentry, they were amazingly surprised thereat, as being so far from expecting any such treatment, that they rather hoped to be the first subjects in the king's favours.
When this act of settlement came out, the king, upon the request of the Irish agents at London, empowered a few English gentlemen, who had no interest in Ireland, to be his commissioners for the executing the said act of settlement.
And though the purchasers had taken possession with bona fides after the act of explanation came out in the year 1665, and continued so unto the act of abrogation in the year 1689, yet the said purchasers would be still excluded, as not possessing long enough, according to the law of prescription in lands.
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 An Outline of English Fiction - Part III
The third and last of Henry's children, Elizabeth I (1558 – 1603), was invited to turn the tide of the previous history.
Legally and constitutionally, the Restoration, as the period is called, consisted of five acts ("The Clarendon Code") that created a completely new political situation different not only from that of the Commonwealth but also from the condition of England during the reign of the first two Stuarts.
On the other hand THE HABEAS CORPUS ACT (passed in 1679) was a cornerstone of English civil liberties, and an act never ever dreamed of in the rest of Europe ruled by the absolute power of monarchs.
www.ped.muni.cz /weng/outline_of_english_fiction/part3.html   (6959 words)

  
 The Daily Star: News Highlights   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Challenging the indemnity ordinance, some senior lawyers of the Supreme Court are preparing to file a writ petition....
The 'Joint Drive Indemnity Ordinance, 2003' promulgated by the government, apparently to consign some questions raised by the anti-crime drive to oblivion, has not been endorsed by jurists and lawyers...
A workshop on anti-money laundering act 2002 for the operation managers of different branches of Prime Bank Limited was held at the bank's training institute in the city on Thursday, says a press release....
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 Welcome to the Republic of Ghana   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
The commission, of which the archbishop was a member, contended that although the draft 1992 Constitituon was later subjected to a referendum, “the mode of its handling made it impossible for those who wished for a return to constitutional government but disapproved of the (indemnity) clauses to express that preference”.
The report, therefore, recommended that the indemnity clauses be subjected to a fresh referendum so that “the democratic mechanisms might assist the nation to resolve the matter once and for all”.
A statement issued by the two bodies yesterday explained that the action was taken because used LPG cylinders could be a source of explosion and fires in homes and other places where they were in use.
www.ghana.gov.gh /news/article.php?id=0000009884   (2721 words)

  
 PERIOD - 1560-1563
If the Acts of the former Parliament were invalid, as the Queen had repeatedly declared, the Protestants had not law on their side; they held their religion at the mercy of their sovereign, and might be required, at her pleasure, to submit to popery, as the religion which still possessed the legal establishment.
The other Acts made to please the more zealous Reformers were expressed with such studied and glaring ambiguity, as to offer an insult to their understandings.
They alleged that the Queen would never have agreed to call this meeting, if they had persisted in these demands; but there was a prospect of her speedy marriage, and on that occasion they would obtain all their wishes.
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 Torrens Law Publication, Seminars: Olson & Lucas, P.A.
Raise your hand if a) you believe the Torrens Act was passed when the 13 colonies were formed; b) is obviously related to enactment of the Ninth and Tenth Amendments to the Constitution (What?); or c) a law similar in its intricacies to the Internal Revenue Code and Treasury Regulations.
That act (the Torrens Act) abrogates the doctrine of constructive notice except as to matters noted on the certificate of title.
Agency is the fiduciary relationship that results from the manifestation of consent by one person to another that the other shall act on his behalf and subject to his control, and consent by the other so to act.
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 Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
On February 14 1649 he was placed on the Council of State, though he refused to take the oath which expressed approbation of the king's execution.
After several conferences between the houses of the Convention Parliament, it was agreed that he should be excepted from the Indemnity and Oblivion Act, but that a petition should be sent to Charles asking that his life might be spared.
On the meeting, however, of the new Cavalier Parliament of 1661, a vote was passed demanding his trial on the capital charge, and Vane was taken back to the Tower in April 1662 from the Isles of Scilly, where he had been imprisoned.
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 An agreement of the people, 28 October 1647
No Act of parliament is or can be unalterable, and so cannot be sufficient security to save you or us harmless from what another parliament may determine if it should be corrupted.
And besides, parliaments are to receive the extent of their power and trust from those that betrust them; and therefore the people are to declare what their power and trust is — which is the intent of this agreement.
And it's to be observed that though there has formerly been many Acts of parliament for the calling of parliaments every year, yet you have been deprived of them and enslaved through want of them.
www.constitution.org /lev/eng_lev_07.htm   (1530 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
We have reason to think that the execution of that act for a short space would drain the country of its cash and strip multitudes of their property and reduce them to absolute beggary.
In 1777, in consequence, it is understood of some acts or of some purposed acts of the Continental Congress in regard to the army and its officers which were displeasing to him, he resigned his office of captain and left the army.
The General Court passed an act in accordance with the desire of the petitioners incorporating the inhabitants of the West Precinct into a township by the name of Franklin, with boundaries which differed but little, if any, from the bounds of the precinct.
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 Legal Fusion Group Act of Indemnity
Lords desire a Conference confrence concerning the Act of Indemnity.
28 August 1660 Pardon and Oblivion The House agreed the final amendments with a joint house confrence had agreed too and ordered that the Bill of "General Pardon, Indemnity, and Oblivion" be sent to the Lords, as it was now amended.
An Irish act by the same name "An Act of Free and General Pardon, Indemnity, and Oblivion [for Ireland]" was sent to the
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 The Convention Parliament 1660   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
An Act of Indemnity and Oblivion was passed on 29 August 1660 which restricted reprisals against most of those who had become prominent in the Commonwealth and Protectorate.
With a few exceptions, only the regicides —; those who had participated directly in the trial and execution of Charles I —; were prosecuted.
The work of dismantling all Acts of Parliament and institutions set up during the Commonwealth and Protectorate was continued by the less conciliatory Cavalier Parliament, elected in May 1661.
www.british-civil-wars.co.uk /glossary/convention-parliament.htm   (247 words)

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