The English ConstitutionBosworth and Harrison, 1853 - 592 páginas |
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... nomination of any bishop who might not be to them a " persona grata , " and power to make laws binding on all residing within their territory . While in England the newly - invigorated Saxon commonalty was organized into an array of ...
... nomination of any bishop who might not be to them a " persona grata , " and power to make laws binding on all residing within their territory . While in England the newly - invigorated Saxon commonalty was organized into an array of ...
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... nominated the majority of the lower house ; and although the political centre of gravity lay admittedly in the latter , seeing that the crown was bound to take its ministers from the dominant party , yet so many of the members of the ...
... nominated the majority of the lower house ; and although the political centre of gravity lay admittedly in the latter , seeing that the crown was bound to take its ministers from the dominant party , yet so many of the members of the ...
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... nominated against their will ; they conferred privileges on towns and villages , had the right of coining , and might even prohibit the circulation of the royal money . They founded abbeys and bishoprics without con- sent of the king ...
... nominated against their will ; they conferred privileges on towns and villages , had the right of coining , and might even prohibit the circulation of the royal money . They founded abbeys and bishoprics without con- sent of the king ...
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... nominate any woman as " peeress in her own right , " thus the widow of Canning received for herself and her heirs ... nominations , by reason of their long non - user , would at the present day be against law . A peeress in her own right ...
... nominate any woman as " peeress in her own right , " thus the widow of Canning received for herself and her heirs ... nominations , by reason of their long non - user , would at the present day be against law . A peeress in her own right ...
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... king is bound in his private capacity to undertake municipal charges and offices is doubtful . George II . was nominated churchwarden of St. t relating to petitions of right was amended , the THE PREROGATIVE OF THE SOVEREIGN . 135.
... king is bound in his private capacity to undertake municipal charges and offices is doubtful . George II . was nominated churchwarden of St. t relating to petitions of right was amended , the THE PREROGATIVE OF THE SOVEREIGN . 135.
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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...