...bearing on the subject in question. By the act of Edward the Third, it is declared to be treason, " If a man do levy war against our Lord the King in this realm." 188 189 This has been considerably extended by the late act, already mentioned, of the...

...levying war, utmost ia the same terms ; he says,—" The third species, of treason is, if a man Jo levy war against our lord the king in his realm :...taking arms not only to dethrone the king, but under pretence to reform religion or the laws, or to remove evil councillors or other grievances, whether...

...companion, or the king's eldest daughter unmarried ; or the wife of the king's eldest son and heir; or if a man do levy war against our lord the king in his realm, or be adherent to the king's enemies in his realm, giving them aid and comfort in the realm or elsewhere,...

...only two of them have any application to the United States. The words of this statute are, " if any man do levy war against our lord, the king, in his realm, or be adherent to the king's enemies in his realm, giving to them aid and comfort in the realm, or...

...the vassal vitiated the wife or daughter of his lordd; but not so, if he only vitiated his widow.0 3. THE third species of treason is, " if a man do levy...to reform religion, or the laws, or to remove evil connsellors, or other grievances whether treal or pretended/ For the law does not, neither can it,...

...is to say, when a man doth compass or imagine the death of our Lord the King"—that is one; or, " If a man do levy war against our Lord the King in his realm"—that is another Treason, of which this man is accused; and then it is said, " And thereof...

...that of levying war against the King. By the act of Edward the Third, it is declared to be treason, " If a man do levy war against our Lord the King in this realm.1" This has been considerably extended by the late act, already mentioned, of the thirty-sixth,...

...that of levying war against the King. By the act of Edward the Third, it is declared to be treason, " If a man do levy war against our Lord the King in this realm." This has been considerably extended by the late act, already mentioned, of the thirty-sixth,...

...authority to which I refer is that of Blackstone, who states the law in a brief and popular form. " The third species of treason is, ' If a man do levy war against our lord the king in hiá realm/ And this may be done by taking arms, not only to dethrone the king, but under pretence...

...companion or the king's eldest daughter unmarried , or the wife of the king's eldest son and heir ; or if a man do levy war against our lord the king in his realm , or be adherent to the king's enemies in his realm , giving to them aid and comfort in the realm or...