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The SEVENTH PART of the REPORTS of SIR EDWARD COKE, Knt., Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, of divers RESOLUTIONS and JUDGMENTS given upon solemn Arguments, and with great Deliberation and Conference of the reverend Judges and Sages of the Law, of CASES IN LAW which were never Resolved or Adjudged before: and the REASONS and CAUSES of the said Resolutions and Judgments. Published in the Sixth Year of the Most High and Most Illustrious JAMES, King of England, France, and Ireland, and of Scotland the XLII., the Fountain of all Piety and Justice, and the Life of the Law. With NOTES and REFERENCES, by JOHN FARQUHAR FRASER, Esq., of Lincoln's Inn, Barrister-at-Law.
[See Low v. Routledge, 1865–68, L. R. 1 Ch. 47; L. R. 3 H. L. 100; Reg. v. Keyn, 1876, 2 Ex. D. 236; De Geer v. Stone, 1882, 22 Ch. D. 251. Dicta at 27 b dissented from, In re Stepney Election Petition, 1886, 17 Q. B. D. 46; In re Johnson [1903], 1 Ch. 833.]
James by the grace of God of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, King, defender of the faith, &c. To the Sheriff of Middlesex greeting: Robert Calvin,
- ↑ Moor 790. Vide Dyer fo. 304. 2 Jon. 10. Vaugh. 286. 279. 301. 1 Lev. 59. Plowd. case of the Dutchy. Ellesmer, Postnati, 1, 2, &c. Bacon of Government 2 pt. 76. Atwood's Superiority 304. Salk. 411, 412. Skinner 134. 172. 198. 335. 442. Com. Dig. Allegiance.
- ↑ Vid. Doe v. Acklam, 2 Barn. and Cress. 779. S. C. 4 Dow. and Ryl. 394, that children born in the United States of America, since the recognition of their independence, of parents born there before that time, and continuing to reside there afterwards, are aliens, and cannot inherit lands in this country.
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