Laws Concerning the Election of Members of Parliament: With the Determinations of the House of Commons Thereon, and All Their Incidents: Continued Down to the Present Time. The Whole Digested Under Proper Titles; Also an Appendix of Precedents, with a Table of the Principal Matters |
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... withdraw ; and when the Houfe fhall be locked , the Order of the Day fhall be read , and the Names of all the Members written or printed on diftinct equal Pieces of Parchment or Paper , and rolled up , fhall be put in equal Numbers in ...
... withdraw ; and when the Houfe fhall be locked , the Order of the Day fhall be read , and the Names of all the Members written or printed on diftinct equal Pieces of Parchment or Paper , and rolled up , fhall be put in equal Numbers in ...
Page 69
... withdraw , to- gether with the Clerk appointed to attend the faid felect Committee ; and the faid Petitioner and ... withdrawing from the Houfe , fhall deliver in the Names of the thirteen Members , together with the two Mem- bers ...
... withdraw , to- gether with the Clerk appointed to attend the faid felect Committee ; and the faid Petitioner and ... withdrawing from the Houfe , fhall deliver in the Names of the thirteen Members , together with the two Mem- bers ...
Page 70
... withdrawing , the House fhall continue fitting ; and the faid fifty - one Members , fo chofen and nominated , fhall not de- part the Houfe , till the Time for the Meeting of the faid felect Committee fhall be fixed . By Sect . 15. If ...
... withdrawing , the House fhall continue fitting ; and the faid fifty - one Members , fo chofen and nominated , fhall not de- part the Houfe , till the Time for the Meeting of the faid felect Committee fhall be fixed . By Sect . 15. If ...
Page 71
... withdrawn as aforefaid , and before the House shall enter on any other Business , any Member may require , that the Names of all the Members which remain un- drawn fhall be drawn and read aloud by the faid Clerk Affiftant . By Sect . 17 ...
... withdrawn as aforefaid , and before the House shall enter on any other Business , any Member may require , that the Names of all the Members which remain un- drawn fhall be drawn and read aloud by the faid Clerk Affiftant . By Sect . 17 ...
Page 76
... fhall , for this Purpose , be given to all the faid Parties , and the Order in which the faid Parties fhall fo ftrike off the faid Members shall be be determined by Lot , after they are withdrawn from 76 Trials on controverted Elections .
... fhall , for this Purpose , be given to all the faid Parties , and the Order in which the faid Parties fhall fo ftrike off the faid Members shall be be determined by Lot , after they are withdrawn from 76 Trials on controverted Elections .
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Page 325 - Wales, during the life of the late King James, and since his decease, pretending to be, and taking upon himself the Stile and Title of King of England, by the name of James the Third...
Page 322 - Christ, at, or after, the consecration thereof, by any person whatsoever ; and that the invocation, or adoration, of the Virgin Mary, or any other saint, and the sacrifice of the mass, as they are now used in the Church of Rome, are superstitious and idolatrous.
Page 220 - House has met before that day, or will meet on the day of the issue), issue his warrant to the clerk of the Crown to make out a new writ for electing another member in the room of the member whose seat has so become vacant.
Page 322 - Rome are superstitious and idolatrous, and I do solemnly, in the presence of God, profess, testify, and declare, that I do make this declaration and every part thereof in the plain and ordinary sense of the words read unto me as they are commonly understood by English Protestants without any evasion, equivocation, or mental reservation whatsoever...
Page 327 - Tenure whatever, for the unexpired Residue, whatever it may be, of any Term originally created for a Period of not less than...
Page 324 - Second and since his decease pretended to be and took upon himself the style and title of King of England by the name of James the Third...
Page 323 - 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 : So help me...
Page 322 - Pope or any other authority or person whatsoever, or without any hope of any such dispensation from any person or authority whatsoever or without thinking that I am or can be acquitted before God or man or absolved of this declaration or any part thereof, although the Pope or any other person or persons or power whatsoever should dispense with or annul the same, or declare that it was null and void from the beginning.
Page 322 - I, AB, do solemnly and sincerely, in the presence of God, profess, testify, and declare, that I do believe, that, in the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, there is not any transubstantiation of the elements of bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ, at or after the consecration thereof by any person whatsoever...
Page 320 - Greeting Whereas by the advice and assent of Our Council for certain arduous and urgent affairs concerning Us the State and defence of Our said United Kingdom and the Church...