| William Henry Pope Clement - Canada - 1904 - 486 pages
...(1898) AC 700; 67 LJPC 90. THE BNA ACT— PREAMBLE. united into one Dominion under the Crown of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, with...similar in principle to that of the United Kingdom : And whereas such a union would conduce to the welfare of the Provinces and promote the interests... | |
| John George Bourinot - Canada - 1905 - 306 pages
...gloomy words, Canada and the other provinces of British North America entered into a confederation "with a constitution similar in principle to that of the United Kingdom" — to quote words in the preamble of the Act of Union — and with a parliament of which the House... | |
| Australia. High Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1914 - 824 pages
...preamble that the then Provinces had expressed their desire to be federally united into one Dominion with a Constitution similar in principle to that of the United Kingdom. In & loose sense the word " federal " may be used, as it is there used, to describe any arrangement... | |
| Canada - Law - 1906 - 700 pages
...Brunswick have expressed their Desire to be federally united into One Dominion under the Crown of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, with...similar in Principle to that of the United Kingdom : And whereas such a Union would conduce to the Welfare of the Provinces and promote the Interests... | |
| Samuel Erasmus Moffett - Canada - 1907 - 144 pages
...Nova Scotia and New Brunswick have expressed their desire to be federally united into one Dominion " with a constitution similar in principle to that of the United Kingdom." This is described by Professor Dicey as "official mendacity." He adds: "If preambles were intended... | |
| David J. Bellamy, Jon H. Pammett, Donald Cameron Rowat - Canada - 1976 - 408 pages
...the original three provinces were to be "federally united into One Dominion under the Crown of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, with...similar in principle to that of the United Kingdom." The most significant portions of this statement are those relating to federalism, the Crown, and the... | |
| Albert Paul Blaustein, Jay Adrian Sigler, Benjamin R. Beede - Political Science - 1977 - 420 pages
...Brunswick have expressed their Desire to be federally united into One Dominion under the Crown of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, with...similar in Principle to that of the United Kingdom: And whereas such a Union would conduce to the Welfare of the Provinces and promote the Interests of... | |
| Bruce Hodgins, Don I. Wright, Don Wright, Welf Heick - History - 1978 - 333 pages
...American threat, the Fathers were united in their desire to preserve the country "under the Crown ol the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, with...Constitution similar in Principle to that of the United Kingdom."43 The imperial connection was vital in avoiding the technical issue of divided sovereignty... | |
| Iowa State Bar Association - Bar associations - 1911 - 796 pages
...expressed their desire to be federally united into one Dominion under the Crown of the United Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland, with a constitution...similar in principle to that of the United Kingdom". This preamble correctly sets out the desire of the British North American Provinces and correctly indicates... | |
| Paul-André Linteau, René Durocher, Jean-Claude Robert - History - 1983 - 628 pages
...federally united into One Dominion under the Crown of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 1reland, with a Constitution similar in principle to that of the United Kingdom." The statement that it was the provinces which "expressed their Desire to be federally united" was supported... | |
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