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" This institution may be considered as a revival of the ancient local earldom ; and it certainly took away from the sheriff a great part of the dignity and importance which he had acquired since the discontinuance of that office. Yet the lord lieutenant... "
Local Government - Page 89
by Sir Mackenzie Dalzell Edwin Stewart Chalmers - 1883 - 160 pages
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The Constitutional History of England from the Accession of Henry ..., Volume 1

Henry Hallam - 1827 - 648 pages
...chief vicegerent of his sovereign, responsible for the maintenance of public order. This institution may be considered as a revival of the ancient local...the sheriff as the executive minister of the law. In certain cases, such as a tumultuous obstruction of legal authority, each might be said to possess...
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The Constitutional History of England from the Accession of Henry VII. to ...

Henry Hallam - 1849 - 776 pages
...vicegerent of his sovereign, responsible for the maintenance of public order. This institution nrny be considered as a revival of the ancient local earldom...since the discontinuance of that office ; yet the lord-lieutenant has an authority so peculiarly military, that it does not in any degree control the...
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The Constitutional History of England: From the Accession of Henry VII. to ...

Henry Hallam - 1850 - 750 pages
...chief vicegerent of his sovereign, responsible for the maintenance of public order. This institution may be considered as a revival of the ancient local...the sheriff as the executive minister of the law. In certain cases, such as a tumultuous obstruction of legal authority, each might be said to possess...
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A Manual of the English Constitution: With a Review of Its Rise, Growth, and ...

David Rowland - 1859 - 608 pages
...chief vicegerent of his sovereign, responsible for the main' tenance of public order. This institution may be considered as a revival of the ancient local...acquired since the discontinuance of that office. Yet the lord-lieutenant has so peculiarly military an authority, that it does not in any degree curtail ths...
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The student's Constitutional history of England. The constitutional history ...

Henry Hallam - 1872 - 708 pages
...chief viceregent of his sovereign, responsible for the maintenance of public order. This institution may be considered as a revival of the ancient local...the sheriff as the executive minister of the law. In certain cases, such as a tumultuous obstruction of legal authority, each might be said to possess...
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Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c ...

Edward Breese - 1873 - 184 pages
...chief Vicegerent of his sovereign, responsible for the maintenance of public order. This institution may be considered as a revival of the ancient local...acquired since the discontinuance of that office. Yet the Lord-Lieutenant has so peculiarly military an authority, that it does not in any degree control the...
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The Constitutional History of England: From the Accession of Henry ..., Volume 2

Henry Hallam - 1876 - 486 pages
...chief vicegerent of his sovereign, responsible for the maintenance of public order. This institution may be considered as a revival of the ancient local...peculiarly military an authority, that it does not in an}' degree control the civil power of the sheriff as the executive minister of the law. In certain...
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The Constitutional History of England, Volume 2

Henry Hallam - 1877 - 460 pages
...chief vicegerent of his sovereign, responsible for the maintenance of public order. This institution may be considered as a revival of the ancient local...since the discontinuance of that office. - Yet the lord-lieutenant has so peculiarly military an authority, that it does not in any degree control the...
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The constitutional history of England, from the accession of Henry vii. to ...

Henry Hallam - 1878 - 1006 pages
...responsible for the maintenance of public order. This institution may be considered as a revival pt the ancient local earldom ; and it certainly took...the sheriff as the executive minister of the law. I certain cases, such as a tumultuous obstruction of legal authority, each might be said to possess...
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The Constitutional History of England, from the Accession of Henry VII, to ...

Henry Hallam - 1880 - 762 pages
...chief vice-regent of his sovereign, responsible for the maintenance of public order. This institution may be considered as a revival of the ancient local...sheriff a great part of the dignity and importance which he«had acquired since the discontinuance of that office. Yet the lord-lieutenant has so peculiarly...
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