A Short Constitutional History of EnglandGinn, 1895 - 358 páginas |
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... Church and the Puritans , 1887. ( Epochs of History . ) WARBURTON , Edward III . 1876. ( Epochs of Modern Histo WHARTON , Law Lexicon . 1883 . A SHORT CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND CHAPTER I. THE CROWN. XX LIST OF AUTHORITIES .
... Church and the Puritans , 1887. ( Epochs of History . ) WARBURTON , Edward III . 1876. ( Epochs of Modern Histo WHARTON , Law Lexicon . 1883 . A SHORT CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND CHAPTER I. THE CROWN. XX LIST OF AUTHORITIES .
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... Edward III ; and the Act of 1795 , by making treasonable all attempts to intimidate 1795 Parliament , or force the Crown to change its ministers , gave statutory recognition to offences against the State which were not also offences ...
... Edward III ; and the Act of 1795 , by making treasonable all attempts to intimidate 1795 Parliament , or force the Crown to change its ministers , gave statutory recognition to offences against the State which were not also offences ...
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... Edward VI only one witness was necessary to secure a con- viction , and though the statute of 1552 increased the number to two , it did nothing to remedy the hardship to which the accused was subject . He was first privately examined by ...
... Edward VI only one witness was necessary to secure a con- viction , and though the statute of 1552 increased the number to two , it did nothing to remedy the hardship to which the accused was subject . He was first privately examined by ...
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... Edward the Con- fessor . 2 The nominee of the late king occasionally had the advantage , e . g . Harold , named by Edward the Confessor , on his death - bed . Minors , as a rule , were not elected for practical reasons — the only ...
... Edward the Con- fessor . 2 The nominee of the late king occasionally had the advantage , e . g . Harold , named by Edward the Confessor , on his death - bed . Minors , as a rule , were not elected for practical reasons — the only ...
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... Edward I. The idea that the succession was confined to the male line , which , in spite of the efforts made in favour of the Empress Maud , was a prevalent one , prevented Arthur's sister Eleanor from being named , and on John's death ...
... Edward I. The idea that the succession was confined to the male line , which , in spite of the efforts made in favour of the Empress Maud , was a prevalent one , prevented Arthur's sister Eleanor from being named , and on John's death ...
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Página 147 - Party is a body of men united, for promoting, by their joint endeavours, the national interest, upon some particular principle, in which they are all agreed.
Página 240 - But the great and efficacious writ, in all manner of illegal confinement, is that of habeas corpus ad subjiciendum; directed to the person detaining another, and commanding him to produce the body of the prisoner, with the day and cause of his caption and detention, ad faciendum, subjiciendum, et recipiendum, to do, submit to, and receive whatsoever the judge or court awarding such writ shall consider in that behalf.
Página 14 - That King James the Second, having endeavoured to subvert the Constitution of the kingdom, by breaking the original contract between king and people ; and, by the advice of Jesuits and other wicked persons, having violated the fundamental laws; and having withdrawn himself out of the kingdom, has abdicated the government, and that the throne is thereby vacant.
Página 248 - And what have been the results of agitation upon the legislation of the country? Not a measure has been forced upon Parliament, which the calm judgment of a later time has not since approved : not an agitation has failed, which posterity has not condemned.
Página 45 - Act shall take effect all matters and things relating to the well governing of this kingdom which are properly cognizable in the Privy Council by the laws and customs of this realm shall be transacted there, and all resolutions taken thereupon shall be signed by such of the Privy Council as shall advise and consent to the same.
Página 108 - 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.
Página 329 - ... committed or restrained, unto or before the lord chancellor, or lord keeper of the great seal of England for the time being, or the judges or barons of the said court from whence the said...
Página 114 - Resolved, &c., iiemine contradicente, that in all aids given to the king by the Commons the rate or tax ought not to be altered by the Lords. (ii) 3 July 1678 Resolved, &c., that all aids and supplies, and aids to his Majesty in Parliament, are the sole gift of the Commons ; and all bills for the granting of any such aids...
Página 20 - the matters to be established for the estate of the king and of his heirs, and for the estate of the realm and of the people, should be treated, accorded, and established in parliament, by the king and by the assent of the prelates, earls, and barons, and the commonalty of the realm, according as had been before accustomed.