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The Unreformed House of Commons: Parliamentary Representation Before 1832 - Page 413
by Edward Porritt - 1909
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Statutes at Large ...: (43 v.) ... From Magna charta to 1800

Great Britain - 1768 - 452 pages
...together we one hour, to the two members nominated as aforefaid, fhall be fworn attb deliver a lift table, well and truly to try the matter of the petition referred I of them ; them, and a true judgement to give according to the evidence the nonn'nees, and ^a" be...
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Laws Concerning the Election of Members of Parliament: With the ...

Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, A gentleman of the Inner-Temple - 1774 - 480 pages
...of the thirteen Members, together with the two Members nominated as atorefaid, fhall be fworn at the Table, well and truly to try the Matter of the Petition referred to them, and a true Judgment to give according to the Evidence, and fhall be a fclect Committee to try and determine the Merits...
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A Treatise on the Law of Elections, in All Its Branches

Sir John Simeon - 1789 - 342 pages
...faid thirteen members, together . with the two members nominated as aforefaid, fhall be fworn at the table, well and truly to try the matter of the petition referred to them, and a true judgment to give according to the evidence; and fhall be a feledV committee to try and determine the merits...
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A Systematical View of the Laws of England;: As Treated of in a ..., Volume 1

Richard Wooddeson - 1792 - 532 pages
...thereof: that the faid thirteen members, drawn by lot, and the two nominees, fhall be fworn at the table, well and truly to try the matter of the petition referred to them, and a true judgment to give according to the evidence, and fhall be a feleft committee to try and determine the merits...
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A Collection of the Acts Passed in the Parliament of Great Britain ...

Ontario - 1818 - 600 pages
...(excepting the Member or Members whose election shall be contested) with the Speaker, shall be sworn at the Table, well and truly to try the matter of the petition referred to them, aad a true judgment give, according to the evidence ; the Speaker shall then take the chair, the doors...
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A Summary Treatise on Practice and Proceedings in Parliament: The Passing of ...

Anthony Hammond - 1825 - 116 pages
...bar, are delivered to the House by the clerk. The thirteen and two nominees are thereupon sworn at the table, "well and truly to try the matter of the petition referred to them, and a true judgment to give according to the evidence ;" and thereby become a select committee to try and determine the...
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A summary of the law relative to the election of members of parliament

Henry John Shepherd - 1825 - 520 pages
...the terms of the statute, which gives it jurisdiction ; (') by which the members are to be sworn " well and truly to try the matter of the " petition referred to them," and are " a Select Committee " to try and determine the merits of the return or Election " appointed by...
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Statutes at Large ...: (29 v. in 32) Statutes or the United Kingdom, 1801 ...

Great Britain - 1828 - 756 pages
...House the Names of the Eleven Members then remaining, and the said Eleven Members shall be sworn at the Table well and truly to try the Matter of the Petition referred to them, and a true Judgment to give according to the Evidence, and shall be deemed and taken to be a Select Committee legally appointed...
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Monthly Review; Or New Literary Journal

1830 - 644 pages
...reduce that number to eleven, whose names shall be delivered in at the table, and the members sworn well and truly to try the matter of the petition referred to them, and they shall then be deemed a legally appointed committee. ' Where there are more than two parties on...
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of ..., Issue 10, Volume 5

Sandford Nevile, Sir William Montagu Manning - 1834 - 900 pages
...process actually pursued in appointing it. The words are, " the said eleven members shall be sworn at the table, well and truly to try the matter of the petition referred to them, and a true judgment to give according to the evidence, and shall be deemed and taken to be a select committee, legally...
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