A Manual of the Constitutional History of Canada from the Earliest Period to the Year 1888; Including the British North America Act, 1867, and a Digest of Judicial Decisions on Questions of Legislative JurisdictionDawson Bros., 1888 - 238 pages |
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... Britain by the terms of capitulation signed on the 8th of September , 1760.1 By these terms Great Britain bound herself to allow the French - Canadians the free exercise of their religion2 ; and certain specified fraternities , and all ...
... Britain by the terms of capitulation signed on the 8th of September , 1760.1 By these terms Great Britain bound herself to allow the French - Canadians the free exercise of their religion2 ; and certain specified fraternities , and all ...
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... Britain bound herself to allow the Cana- dians the free exercise of their religion , but no reference was made in the document to the laws that were to pre- vail throughout the conquered country.1 For three years after the conquest ...
... Britain bound herself to allow the Cana- dians the free exercise of their religion , but no reference was made in the document to the laws that were to pre- vail throughout the conquered country.1 For three years after the conquest ...
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... Britain , in the exercise of an unquestionable and undisputed prerogative of the Crown . The colonial in- stitutions of the old possessions of Great Britain , now known as the United States of America , had their origin in the same way ...
... Britain , in the exercise of an unquestionable and undisputed prerogative of the Crown . The colonial in- stitutions of the old possessions of Great Britain , now known as the United States of America , had their origin in the same way ...
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... Britain , September 5 , 1774 , declared the act to be " unjust , unconstitutional , and most dangerous and destructive of Ameri- can rights . " ( Christie , I. , 8-9 . ) In 1779 , Mr. Masères , formerly attorney - general of Quebec ...
... Britain , September 5 , 1774 , declared the act to be " unjust , unconstitutional , and most dangerous and destructive of Ameri- can rights . " ( Christie , I. , 8-9 . ) In 1779 , Mr. Masères , formerly attorney - general of Quebec ...
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... Britain and Ireland received similar privileges . The new constitution was inaugurated by Major General Carleton , afterwards Lord Dorchester , 1 who nominated a legislative council of twenty - three members , of whom eight were Roman ...
... Britain and Ireland received similar privileges . The new constitution was inaugurated by Major General Carleton , afterwards Lord Dorchester , 1 who nominated a legislative council of twenty - three members , of whom eight were Roman ...
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