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Toward the end of the year he was again imprisoned in Newgate for six months, the statutable penalty for refusing to take the oath of allegiance, which was maliciously tendered to him by a magistrate.
From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
Mutimer was morally convinced that this was the case, and would vastly have enjoyed laying his former friend by the heels for the statutable six weeks, but satisfactory proofs were not to be obtained.
From Demos by George Gissing
Even in the closed up sedate aspect of all places of business on a Sunday or public holiday, statutable or otherwise, these four streets, by some happy charm, are fair to see and cheery.
From Toronto of Old by Henry Scadding
Those, which are rather conclusions of legal reason than matters of statutable provision, belong to universal equity, and are universally applicable.
From Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke by Edmund Burke
Some of the professors, no doubt, do lecture in a statutable manner.
From Aspects of Modern Oxford by A. D. (Alfred Denis) Godley
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