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... commons , have from time to time . exercised an exclusive , a preponderating , or a joint control over the latter , and over the executive or the administration of affairs ; and how the fiscal depart- ment , which hardly existed in a ...
... commons , have from time to time . exercised an exclusive , a preponderating , or a joint control over the latter , and over the executive or the administration of affairs ; and how the fiscal depart- ment , which hardly existed in a ...
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... Commons - Royal Assent - Classifica- tion of Acts . 6. Power of House of Commons - Delegation of Legislative Functions - Simplified Form of Legisla- tion 181-197 CHAPTER VIII . JUDICATURE . 1. Judicial power of King - Procedure . 2 ...
... Commons - Royal Assent - Classifica- tion of Acts . 6. Power of House of Commons - Delegation of Legislative Functions - Simplified Form of Legisla- tion 181-197 CHAPTER VIII . JUDICATURE . 1. Judicial power of King - Procedure . 2 ...
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... Commons - Taxation of the Clergy - National Debt- Reign of James II . 5. Control of Commons - Public Reve- nue -- Civil List - Crown Lands - Duties - Direct Taxation- Legacy Duty - Income Tax - Penal Taxation - Lotteries-- National Debt ...
... Commons - Taxation of the Clergy - National Debt- Reign of James II . 5. Control of Commons - Public Reve- nue -- Civil List - Crown Lands - Duties - Direct Taxation- Legacy Duty - Income Tax - Penal Taxation - Lotteries-- National Debt ...
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... commons . It is impossible to overestimate the advantages of this regu- lation , not only to the peerage itself , but also to the whole English nation . Under it , even the king's children ( except his eldest son , who , since Edw . 3's ...
... commons . It is impossible to overestimate the advantages of this regu- lation , not only to the peerage itself , but also to the whole English nation . Under it , even the king's children ( except his eldest son , who , since Edw . 3's ...
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... Commons obtained from Elizabeth a promise that it , as well as the practice of offenders purchasing from the sovereign dispensations from the penalties imposed on them by law , should be discontinued . This promise was renewed by James ...
... Commons obtained from Elizabeth a promise that it , as well as the practice of offenders purchasing from the sovereign dispensations from the penalties imposed on them by law , should be discontinued . This promise was renewed by James ...
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Page 282 - That levying money for or to the use of the Crown by pretence of prerogative, without grant of parliament, for longer time or in other manner than the same is or shall be granted, is illegal.
Page 136 - ... invaded the fundamental constitution of the kingdom, and altered it from a legal limited monarchy to an arbitrary despotic power...
Page 277 - 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...