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time & the incroaching Spirits of these Men made | time & the incroaching Spirits of these Men made | ||
their Jurisdictions hereditary, & their Fiefs were | their Jurisdictions hereditary, & their Fiefs were | ||
| − | erected either into [[underline]] Baronys [[/underline]] or [[underline]] Regalitys [[; the rights | + | erected either into [[underline]] Baronys [[/underline]] or [[underline]] Regalitys [[/underline]]; the rights |
of the former were very great, & those of the latter | of the former were very great, & those of the latter | ||
unbounded; a Lord of a Regality could appoint | unbounded; a Lord of a Regality could appoint | ||
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5. Europe; every Offender us'd to throw himself under the protection of Some Chief, & thus escape his due deserts; to remedy these disorders, many Nobles were permitted to administer Justice over their own Vassals, time & the incroaching Spirits of these Men made their Jurisdictions hereditary, & their Fiefs were erected either into underline Baronys /underline or underline Regalitys /underline; the rights of the former were very great, & those of the latter unbounded; a Lord of a Regality could appoint Judges to try Civil, as well as Criminal Causes, & if any of his Vassals were Summon'd into the King's Courts, He had the priviledge of repledging, that is of removing the trial into his own Court; thus the Dependants of these Barons scarcely seem to have been subjects of the Crown; a Feudal Kingdom therefore was little more than a number of Small States kept together by a
