 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1830 - 792 pages
...solemnly declaring that " the laws of England are the birthright of the people thereof," it is enacted, " that no person who has an office or place of profit...pension from the Crown, shall be capable of serving as a Member of the House of Commons." Now, I hold these wise laws of our ancestors to be the land-marks... | |
 | William Carpenter - Civil rights - 1831 - 508 pages
...TENEMENTS Or HEREDITAMENTS, from the CI'OV.'Il to himself or to any other or others, in trust for him. 7. THAT NO PERSON WHO HAS AN OFFICE OR PLACE OF PROFIT UNDER THE KING, OR WHO RECEIVES A PENSION FROM THE CROWN, SHALL BE CAPABLE OF SERVING AS A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.... | |
 | William Cobbett - Great Britain - 1831 - 300 pages
...are members of the Commons House of Parliament, this being contrary to Magna Charta, which says, " That no person who has an office, or place of profit under the King, or who receives a pension from the crown, shall be capable of serving as a^member of the House of Commons."... | |
 | John Wade - Great Britain - 1831 - 610 pages
...1797. No honest man can, according to the present system, continue Minister.— William Pitt, 1782. No person who has an office or place of profit under the King, or who receives a pension from the Crown, should be capable of serving as a member of the House of Commons.... | |
 | David P. Whitehead - Aristocracy (Political science) - 1832 - 252 pages
...can, according to the present system, ie the late system, continue Minister.— William Pitt, 1782. No person who has an office or place of profit under the king, or who receives a pension from the Crown, should be capable of serving as a member of the House of Commons.—Act... | |
 | Jonathan Dymond - Ethics - 1834 - 444 pages
...sacrifice the interests of the public to their own. By the act of settlement indeed it was provided " That no person who has an office or place of profit...capable of serving as member of the House of Commons." The spirit of this provision is practically superseded, though its letter so far operates that a king's... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - Great Britain - 1836 - 984 pages
...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...has an office or place of profit under the king, or j succession to the crown of England, aftpr receives a pension from the crown, shall be ; king William... | |
 | Great Britain - Law - 1836 - 626 pages
...have any grant of lands, tenements or hereditaments (rom the ' Crown, to himself or to any other or others in trust for him. ' That no person who has...pension from the Crown, shall be capable of serving as a ' member of the House of Commons. ' That after the said limitation shall take effect as aforesaid... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - Great Britain - 1836 - 660 pages
...tenements, or hereditaments, from the crown to himself, or to any other or others in trust for him. — 6. That no person who has an office or place of profit...pension from the crown, shall be capable of serving as a member of the House of Commons. — 7- That after the said limitation shall take effect as aforesaid,... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - Great Britain - 1836 - 672 pages
...tenements, or hereditaments, from the crown to himself, or to any other or others in trust for him.—6. That no person who has an office or place of profit...pension from the crown, shall be capable of serving as a member of the House of Commons.— 7. That after the said limitation shall take effect as aforesaid,... | |
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That no person who has an office or place of profit under the King, or receives a pension from the crown, shall be capable of serving as a member of the house of commons. 
