 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords - 1742 - 466 pages
...Throne^ that the Houfe of Commons alone claimed a Power, by any Declaration of theirs, to alter.the Law, or to reftrain the People of England from taking the Benefit of it ; nor have their Declarations any fuch Authority, ts to oblige Men to fubrnit to them at the Peril of their Liberty.... | |
 | Homersham Cox - Administrative law - 1863 - 862 pages
...Lords (when there was a House of Lords in being and a King or Queen upon the throne), " that the House of Commons alone claimed a power, by any declaration of theirs, to alter the law, or to restrain the people of England from taking the benefit of it. ... The certainty of our laws is that... | |
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... thefe five Perfon?, is, that thofe Aftions were broughX contrary to a Declaration of the Houfe of Commons. It was never yet heard (when there was a Houfe of LorcTs in being, and a King or Queen upon the Throne^ that the Houfe of Commons alone claimed... 