The English ConstitutionBosworth and Harrison, 1853 - 592 páginas |
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... means of the sword . The French , on the other hand , pray : - " Que les surcharges extraordinaires imposées sur le peuple , mêmement les huitièmes , vingtièmes et impositions , vins entrants , gabelles de sel , et autres subsides ...
... means of the sword . The French , on the other hand , pray : - " Que les surcharges extraordinaires imposées sur le peuple , mêmement les huitièmes , vingtièmes et impositions , vins entrants , gabelles de sel , et autres subsides ...
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... means of special ordinances or according to the tenor of the laws . " The royal signature to the " Petition of Right , " was scarcely dry when the king violated it anew , and during a long intermission governed in a wholly absolute ...
... means of special ordinances or according to the tenor of the laws . " The royal signature to the " Petition of Right , " was scarcely dry when the king violated it anew , and during a long intermission governed in a wholly absolute ...
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... means of statutes in order to meet the local requirements of urgent moment . The sovereign could only succeed in making his influence per- sonally felt by resorting to intrigue and bribery . In the exercise of his royal prerogative ...
... means of statutes in order to meet the local requirements of urgent moment . The sovereign could only succeed in making his influence per- sonally felt by resorting to intrigue and bribery . In the exercise of his royal prerogative ...
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... means of such visionary assembly , the overflow of absolutism might be kept in check , he exclaimed " Louis receives , I doubt not , the constitution with rapture . The entire executive power is made over to him and his family as his ...
... means of such visionary assembly , the overflow of absolutism might be kept in check , he exclaimed " Louis receives , I doubt not , the constitution with rapture . The entire executive power is made over to him and his family as his ...
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... means of evidence as to whether a legal conception accords with the common law . † The decisions of the courts and their rulings or " precedents " are to be scrutinized in relation to any after cases that may arise however absurd such ...
... means of evidence as to whether a legal conception accords with the common law . † The decisions of the courts and their rulings or " precedents " are to be scrutinized in relation to any after cases that may arise however absurd such ...
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according act of parliament appeal appointed Archbishop aristocracy authority barons bill bishops boroughs Bowyer cabinet Catholic Chancery CHAPTER Charles Church civil clergy committee common law Const constable constitution corporations Court of Chancery courts of law crown declared ecclesiastical Edward election enacted England English Exchequer exercise felony feudal foreign functionaries gentry George George III Gneist granted habeas corpus Hallam Henry VI Henry VIII Hist imprisonment issue judges jurisdiction jury justices king king's kingdom land legislation libel liberty license London Lord Chancellor lower house matters ment ministers nobility nominated oath offence parish parliament parliamentary party peace peers penalties person petition political Prince prison privilege privy council punishment quarter sessions Queen Queen's Bench realm regard reign royal Saxon secretary sheriff sovereign Star Chamber statute summoned tion towns treason Tudors upper house Vict villeins vote Westminster whigs writ
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Página 519 - Secondly, 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 that Minister.
Página 459 - That the freedom of speech and debates or proceedings in parliament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of parliament.
Página 406 - That all writs, processes, commissions, patents, grants, and other things, which now run in the name and style of the keepers of the liberty of England by authority of Parliament...
Página 44 - It is to your ancestors, my lords, it is to the English barons, that we are indebted for the laws and Constitution we possess. Their virtues were rude and uncultivated, but they were great and sincere. Their understandings were as little polished as their manners, but they had hearts to distinguish right from wrong; they had heads to distinguish truth from falsehood; they understood the rights of humanity, and they had the spirit to maintain them.
Página 60 - For whosoever studieth the laws of the realm, who studieth in the universities, who professeth liberal sciences, and to be short, who can live idly and without manual labour, and will bear the port, charge, and countenance of a gentleman, he shall be called master, for that is the title which men give to esquires and other gentlemen, and shall be taken for a gentleman...
Página 265 - Equity is a roguish thing; for law we have a measure, know what to trust to ; equity is according to the conscience of him that is chancellor, and as that is larger or narrower, so is equity.
Página 122 - A king of England cannot at his pleasure make any alterations in the laws of the land, for the nature of his government is not only regal, hut political.
Página 124 - Eighth, by the grace of God King of England, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, and of the Church of England, and also of Ireland, in earth the supreme head...
Página 124 - That as to dispute what God may do is blasphemy, ... so is it sedition in subjects to dispute what a king may do in the height of his power.
Página 74 - IT shall be lawful for any constable or peace officer in any county, borough, or place in Great Britain and Ireland, in any highway, street, or public place, to search any person whom he may have good cause to suspect of coming from any land where he shall have been unlawfully in search or pursuit of game...