Constitutional History of EnglandH. Holt, 1921 - 518 páginas |
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... council as it were . " This is limitation by an interpretation of his relation to the other elements of the community which had grown customary , by habit and common understanding , not by law . A strong king might push perilously near ...
... council as it were . " This is limitation by an interpretation of his relation to the other elements of the community which had grown customary , by habit and common understanding , not by law . A strong king might push perilously near ...
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... council and gave him advice on ques- tions of policy and of action in particular cases , like a mod- ern cabinet council , though without independent power of decision unless there was no king or a powerless king . But the approval and ...
... council and gave him advice on ques- tions of policy and of action in particular cases , like a mod- ern cabinet council , though without independent power of decision unless there was no king or a powerless king . But the approval and ...
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... council of chiefs which decided by itself matters of minor importance and prepared for submission to the larger assembly of all the freemen those of greater impor- tance . Apparently the chiefs presented these matters to the full ...
... council of chiefs which decided by itself matters of minor importance and prepared for submission to the larger assembly of all the freemen those of greater impor- tance . Apparently the chiefs presented these matters to the full ...
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... the army was formed , and the law court , council and legislature consti- tuted . As defence was the one great need of the time , the POLITICAL FEUDALISM 43 aspect of this side of feudalism was 42 THE ANGLO - SAXON AGE.
... the army was formed , and the law court , council and legislature consti- tuted . As defence was the one great need of the time , the POLITICAL FEUDALISM 43 aspect of this side of feudalism was 42 THE ANGLO - SAXON AGE.
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... council declar- ing the separation of ecclesiastical and secular courts . For the future no bishop was to hold ecclesiastical pleas in the hundred court but only at such places as he should appoint and solely according to canon law ...
... council declar- ing the separation of ecclesiastical and secular courts . For the future no bishop was to hold ecclesiastical pleas in the hundred court but only at such places as he should appoint and solely according to canon law ...
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Página 321 - The privilege of election, which belongs to the people, therefore must not be exercised according to their humors, but according to the blessed will and law of God. " III. They who have the power to appoint officers and magistrates, it is in their power, also, to set the bounds and limitations of the power and place unto which they call them.
Página 457 - She expects to be kept informed of what passes between him and the foreign Ministers before important decisions are taken, based upon that intercourse ; to receive the foreign despatches in good time ; and to have the drafts for her approval sent to her in sufficient time to make herself acquainted with their contents before they must be sent off.
Página 284 - That the liberties, franchises, privileges and jurisdictions of Parliament are the ancient and undoubted birthright and inheritance of the subjects of England...
Página 321 - Parliament assembled do declare, that the People are, under God, the original of all just power; and do also declare, that the Commons of England in Parliament assembled, being chosen by and representing the People, have the supreme power in this nation...
Página 294 - Majesty, that no Man hereafter be compelled to make or yield any Gift, Loan, Benevolence, Tax or such like Charge, without Common Consent by Act of Parliament...
Página 323 - We, the people of the United States, do ordain and establish this Constitution.
Página 457 - Having once given her sanction to a measure, that it be not arbitrarily altered or modified by the Minister; such an act she must consider as failing in sincerity towards the Crown, and justly to be visited by the exercise of her Constitutional right of dismissing...
Página 408 - That it is now necessary to declare, that to report any opinion, or pretended opinion of his Majesty upon any bill or other proceeding depending in either House of Parliament, with a view to influence the votes of the members, is a high crime and misdemeanour, derogatory to the honour of the Crown, a breach of the fundamental privileges of Parliament, and subversive of the Constitution of this country.
Página 199 - Crown, shall be void and of no avail or force whatever ; but the matters which are to be established for the estate of our lord the King and of his heirs, and for the estate of the realm and of the people, shall be treated, accorded, and established in Parliaments, by our lord the King, and by the assent of the prelates, earls, and barons, and the commonalty of the realm ; according as it hath been heretofore accustomed.
Página 311 - Strafford of high treason, for endeavouring to subvert the ancient and fundamental laws and government of His Majesty's realms of England and Ireland, and to introduce an arbitrary and tyrannical government...