...excellence of the English Constitution con» Eng. Const., p. 76. t Com., vol. 1., p. 154. siels in this, that all the parts of it form a mutual check upon each other." Our Constitution is modeled after that of England, and Blackstone described the institutions of England...

...since the law must perpetually stand as it now does, unless all the powers will agree to alter it : and herein indeed consists the true excellence of the...nobility, and the nobility a check upon the people, by the mutual privilege of rejecting what the other has resolved ; while the sovereign is a check upon...

...resolving, — this being sufficient to answer the end proposed. [This veto power is now obsolete.] And herein indeed consists the true excellence of the...the parts of it form a mutual check upon each other. [155] In the legislature, the people are a check upon the nobility, and the nobility a check upon the...

...stokers.) 4. Which are the ' three estates of the realm ' ? Explain Blackstone's statement that 'herein consists the true excellence of the English government,...parts of it form a mutual check upon each other.' 5. What is ' tenure in free socage ', and ' tenure in gavelkind ' ? Give the peculiarities of the latter...

...or any of its rights, without its own consent. In the legislature, again, the people are, in theory, a check upon the nobility, and the nobility a check upon the people, by the mutual privilege of rejecting what the other has resolved : while the sovereign is a check upon...

...legislature — crown, lords, and commons — should agree to alter it. "Herein indeed," he remarks, "consists the true excellence of the English Government,...parts of it form a mutual check upon each other"; but he adds that "the whole is prevented from separation, and artificially connected together by the...

...since the law must perpetually stand as it now does, unless all the powers will agree to alter it. And herein indeed consists the true excellence of the...government, that all the parts of it form a mutual 1155] check upon each other. In the legislature, the people are a check upon the nobility, and the...

...constitution has placed in the crown, consists in power of rejecting rather then resolving. 4 ) and herein indeed consists the true excellence of the...the parts of it form a mutual check upon each other etc. aa O. *) t. Montesquieu XI. 6: „le corps legislatift e'tant compose ' de deux parties, l'une...

...power of rejecting rather than retolriny, — this being sufficient to answer the end proposed. And herein indeed consists the true excellence of the...the parts of it form a mutual check upon each other. Jn the, jpginbif.nrpthe people are a check upon the nobility, and the .liability a check upon "lbfi_y£Ople,...

...remain as it is, unless all the powers agree to alter it. Mutual Check on each Other. This then is the true excellence of the English government, that...the parts of it form a mutual check upon each other. Thus every branch of civil policy supports and is regulated by the rest, and mutually keep each other...