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... unless he can prove his ignorance of it or his repudiation of it . I. — THE SOVEREIGN IN HIS RELATION TO PARLIAMENT . The Sovereign's functions in relation to Parliament may be described both negatively and positively , that is , by ...
... unless he can prove his ignorance of it or his repudiation of it . I. — THE SOVEREIGN IN HIS RELATION TO PARLIAMENT . The Sovereign's functions in relation to Parliament may be described both negatively and positively , that is , by ...
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... unless sooner prorogued or dissolved . Except by such an accidental extension of six months in the last - mentioned case , no Parliament can last longer than seven years . The Sovereign can dissolve Parliament when- ever he pleases . He ...
... unless sooner prorogued or dissolved . Except by such an accidental extension of six months in the last - mentioned case , no Parliament can last longer than seven years . The Sovereign can dissolve Parliament when- ever he pleases . He ...
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... unless the office was created since 1705 , the Member is re - eligible . No fresh election is needed in the case of a Member who accepts an office instead of , or in addition to , another . * It must be treated as still an unsettled ...
... unless the office was created since 1705 , the Member is re - eligible . No fresh election is needed in the case of a Member who accepts an office instead of , or in addition to , another . * It must be treated as still an unsettled ...
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... unless the House of Lords can be induced to give up their amend- ments . In order to bring this about two practices ... unless forty Members are present . It proceeds , whatever number of Members are present , unless a Member " takes ...
... unless the House of Lords can be induced to give up their amend- ments . In order to bring this about two practices ... unless forty Members are present . It proceeds , whatever number of Members are present , unless a Member " takes ...
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... unless " such meanings be repugnant to or inconsistent with the " context or subject matter in which such words or expres- ❝sions occur ; that is to say : " Words importing the Singular number shall include the " Plural number , and ...
... unless " such meanings be repugnant to or inconsistent with the " context or subject matter in which such words or expres- ❝sions occur ; that is to say : " Words importing the Singular number shall include the " Plural number , and ...
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Page 210 - And whereas of late years, partial, corrupt, and unqualified persons have been returned and served on juries in trials, and particularly divers jurors in trials for high treason, which were not freeholders. 10. And excessive bail hath been required of persons committed in criminal cases, to elude the benefit of the laws made for the liberty of the subjects. 11. And excessive fines have been imposed; and illegal and cruel punishments inflicted.
Page 52 - MOST GRACIOUS SOVEREIGN, WE, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament assembled, towards raising the necessary supplies to defray Your Majesty's public expenses, and making an addition to the public revenue, have freely and voluntarily resolved to give and grant unto Your Majesty the several duties herein-after mentioned...
Page 210 - And whereas the said late King James the Second having abdicated the Government and the Throne being thereby vacant, His Highness the Prince of Orange (whom it hath pleased Almighty God to make the glorious Instrument of Delivering this Kingdom from Popery and arbitrary power...
Page 205 - And whereas no offender of what kind soever is exempted from the proceedings to be used and punishments to be inflicted by the laws and statutes of this your realm, nevertheless of late...
Page 217 - That after the said limitation shall take effect as aforesaid, no person born out of the kingdoms of England, Scotland, or Ireland, or the dominions thereunto belonging (although he be naturalised or made a denizen, except such as are born of English parents) shall be capable to be of the Privy Council, or a member of either house of Parliament ; or to enjoy any office or place of trust, either civil or military ; or to have any grant of lands, tenements, or hereditaments, from the Crown to himself,...
Page 81 - Lord Chief Justice of England, the Master of the Rolls, the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, and the Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer.
Page 210 - And several grants and promises made of fines and forfeitures, before any conviction or judgment against the persons, upon whom the same were to be levied. All which are utterly and directly contrary to the known laws and statutes, and freedom of this realm.
Page 211 - 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.
Page 193 - We, or, if we should be out of the realm, our chief justiciary, shall send two justiciaries through every county four times a year, who, with four knights, chosen out of every shire by the people, shall hold the said assizes, in the county, on the day, and at the place appointed. 19. And if any matters cannot be determined on the day appointed for holding the assizes in each county, so many of the knights and freeholders as have been at the assizes aforesaid, shall stay to decide them, as is necessary,...
Page 212 - I AB do swear, That I do from my heart, abhor, detest, and abjure as impious and heretical, that damnable doctrine and position, That princes excommunicated or deprived by the pope, or any authority of the see of Rome, may be deposed or murdered by their subjects, or any other whatsoever. And I do declare, That no foreign prince, person, prelate, state, or potentate hath, or ought to have any jurisdiction, power, superiority, pre-eminence, or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm:...