Eliz.
Americanabbreviation
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Clipping the current coin of the kingdom was an offence not sufficiently guarded against by the common law: therefore it was thought expedient by statute 5 Eliz. c.
From Commentaries on the Laws of England Book the First by Sir William Blackstone
In the early part of Elizabeth's reign was passed a statute, 5th Eliz. cap.
From Cannibals all! or, Slaves without masters by George Fitzhugh
III. to drown the reproaches of Q. Eliz., etc.;
From Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries by Edward W. (Edward Woodall) Naylor
The Statute 5 Eliz. a turning-point in Gild history.Many of the functions of the Gilds taken over by the state.
From The Influence and Development of English Gilds As Illustrated by the History of the Craft Gilds of Shrewsbury by Francis Aiden Hibbert
But these were far from being sufficient for the care of the poor throughout the kingdom at large; and therefore, after many other fruitless experiments, by statute 43 Eliz. c.
From Commentaries on the Laws of England Book the First by Sir William Blackstone
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