 | Great Britain. Privy Council. Judicial Committee - 1831 - 446 pages
...manifestly excluded from the pretended exemption. The celebrated statute of habeas corpus is intituled, " An Act for the better securing the liberty of " the subject,...and for prevention of imprisonment " beyond the seas ; " and in the King v. Cowle, it is stated, that the power of the King's Bench in England extends to... | |
 | 1872 - 1120 pages
...which was passed in the thirty-first year of the reign of Charles II., and is entitled "An Act for better securing the liberty of the subject, and for prevention of imprisonment beyond the seas." It contains provisions by which no British subject can be long detained in prison except in such cases... | |
 | Thomas Stephen - 1835 - 806 pages
...words Habeas corpus ad subjiciendum, but the title of the act in the statute book is, " An Act for better securing the liberty of the subject, and for prevention of imprisonment beyond the seas." This writ being one of high prerogative, must issue from the court of king's bench ; its effects extend... | |
 | Henry Alworth Merewether - 1835 - 960 pages
..." burgesses." 1677. In the 30th of Charles II., the important act for the better CaP.2. security of the liberty of the subject, and for prevention of imprisonment beyond the seas — commonly called the Habeas Corpus Act, was passed ; the difficulty complained of being, the delays... | |
 | Great Britain - 1836 - 554 pages
...made by an Act passed in England in the thirty-first year of King Charle« the Second, intituled, " An Act for the better securing the Liberty of the Subject,...and for Prevention of Imprisonment beyond the Seas," and also by an Act passed in Ireland in the twenty-first and twenty-second years of his present Majesty,... | |
 | Great Britain - 1836 - 832 pages
...the next Parliament and further continued by 16 Car. 1. c. 4.] [ No. VII.] 31 Charles II. c. 2.— An Act for the better securing the Liberty of the Subject, and for Prevention of Imprisonment beyond the Sea?. [Inserted Part IV. title Arrest and Imprisonment.] 6 Geo. I. c. 19. 10 Ann. c. 14. §2. So much... | |
 | Richard Burn - 1836 - 1178 pages
...passed in England in the thirty-first year of king Charles the Second, intituled " An act far the belter securing the liberty of the subject, and for prevention of imprisonment beyond the seas,' and also by an act passed in Ireland in the twenty-first and twentysecond years of his present Majesty,... | |
 | Québec (Province) - 1838 - 366 pages
...of England, passed in the thirty-first year of the Reign of King Charles the Second, intituled, " An Act for the better securing the liberty " of the subject, and for prevention of imprisonment beyond seas ;" And whereas a certain other Writ, purporting to be a Writ of Habeas Corpus, in Her Majesty's... | |
 | Jean Louis de Lolme, Archibald John Stephens - 1838 - 674 pages
...days. 2. That the officer and keeper neglecting to make • The real title of this is, " An Act for better securing the Liberty of the Subject, and for Prevention of Imprisonment beyond the Seas." Vide ante, 393, 394. 4 Ibid. 454, 455. due returns, or not delivering to the prisoner, or his agent,... | |
 | Thomas George Western, Jean Louis de Lolme - 1838 - 628 pages
...has extinguished all the resources of oppression (a). (a) 31 Car. II. c. 2, intituled " An Act for better securing the liberty of the subject, and for prevention of imprisonment beyond the The principal articles of this act are, — 1 . To fix the different terms allowed for bringing a prisoner... | |
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An Act for the better securing the Liberty of the Subject, and for Prevention of Imprisonments beyond the Seas. 
