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He was able alone, in times of tranquillity, to obstruct the execution of justice within his territories; and by combining with a few malecontent barons of high rank and power, he could throw the state into convulsions. Jurid.
Jurid. p. 27, 29. Madox, Hist. of Exch. p. 75, 76. Spellm. All the freeholders of the county, even the greatest barons, were obliged to attend the sheriffs in these courts, and to assist them in the administration of justice.
The EXECUTIVE power of the Anglo-Norman government was lodged in the king. He could at his pleasure command the attendance of his barons and their vassals, in which consisted the military force of the kingdom; and could employ them, during forty days, either in resisting a foreign enemy, or reducing his rebellious subjects. Orig. Jurid. p. 15. Spellm. Gloss. Sacra, vol. i. p. 334, &c. Dugd. Orig.
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