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... Rank of Spiritual Peers - Titles and Rank of Temporal Peers - Creation of Peerages - Voting by the Peers- Privileges of the Peerage - The Supreme Court of Appeal LETTER V. THE HOUSE OF COMMONS . pp . 26-30 The Representation of the ...
... Rank of Spiritual Peers - Titles and Rank of Temporal Peers - Creation of Peerages - Voting by the Peers- Privileges of the Peerage - The Supreme Court of Appeal LETTER V. THE HOUSE OF COMMONS . pp . 26-30 The Representation of the ...
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... Rank - Recruiting - Pay of Privates - Dragoon Regiments - Names of Regiments - The Royal Artillery - The Royal Engineers - Precedence of Corps - Local Regiments - Courts Martial - Order of the Bath - Victoria Cross - Decorations - Pen ...
... Rank - Recruiting - Pay of Privates - Dragoon Regiments - Names of Regiments - The Royal Artillery - The Royal Engineers - Precedence of Corps - Local Regiments - Courts Martial - Order of the Bath - Victoria Cross - Decorations - Pen ...
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... rank before all dukes , and are forbidden by the statute 12 Geo . III . c . 11 , called the Royal Marriage Act , to marry without the consent of the sovereign sig- nified under the great seal ; but it is provided that such of the ...
... rank before all dukes , and are forbidden by the statute 12 Geo . III . c . 11 , called the Royal Marriage Act , to marry without the consent of the sovereign sig- nified under the great seal ; but it is provided that such of the ...
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... Rank of Spiritual Peers- Titles and Rank of Temporal Peers - Creation of Peerages- Voting by the Peers - Privileges of the Peerage - The Supreme Court of Appeal . THE House of Lords or Peers , or , as it is also called , the Upper House ...
... Rank of Spiritual Peers- Titles and Rank of Temporal Peers - Creation of Peerages- Voting by the Peers - Privileges of the Peerage - The Supreme Court of Appeal . THE House of Lords or Peers , or , as it is also called , the Upper House ...
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... no vote ; and the junior Bishop - whatever may be his see , excepting those of London , Durham , and Win- chester - has no seat in the House until another Bishop is elected . 28 RANK OF SPIRITUAL PEERS . The Archbishop of Canterbury.
... no vote ; and the junior Bishop - whatever may be his see , excepting those of London , Durham , and Win- chester - has no seat in the House until another Bishop is elected . 28 RANK OF SPIRITUAL PEERS . The Archbishop of Canterbury.
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Page 15 - 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.
Page 14 - That levying money for or to the use of the crown, by pretence of prerogative, without grant of parliament, for longer time, or in other manner, than the same is or shall be granted, is illegal.
Page 191 - King, and you upon your respective trials, [or, in a capital case, 'upon your life and" death']; if therefore you or any of you will challenge them or any of them you must challenge them as they come to the book to be sworn, and before they are sworn, and you shall be heard.
Page 16 - And that for redress of all grievances, and for the amending, strengthening, and preserving of the laws, Parliaments ought to be held frequently.
Page 15 - That it is the right of the subjects to petition the king ; and all commitments and prosecutions for such petitioning are illegal.
Page 17 - But to punish (as the law does at present) any dangerous or offensive writings, which, when published, shall on a fair and impartial trial be adjudged of a pernicious tendency, is necessary for the preservation of peace and good order, of government and religion, the only solid foundations of civil liberty.
Page 14 - That the pretended power of dispensing with laws, or the execution of laws by regal authority, as it hath been assumed and exercised of late, is illegal. 3. That the commission for erecting the late Court of Commissioners for Ecclesiastical causes, and all other commissions and courts of like nature, are illegal and pernicious.
Page 36 - ... commissioner, collector, comptroller, searcher, or other officer or person whatsoever, concerned or employed in the charging, collecting, levying, or managing the customs, or any branch or part thereof; nor any...
Page 149 - It keeps all inferior jurisdictions within the bounds of their authority, and may either remove their proceedings to be determined here, or prohibit their progress below. It superintends all civil corporations in the kingdom. It commands magistrates and .others to do what their duty requires, in every case where there is no other specific remedy. It protects the liberty of the subject by speedy and summary interposition.
Page 180 - ... for they must first inquire by means of the grand jury or inquest, before they are empowered to hear and determine by the help of the petit jury. Therefore, they have, besides, fifthly, a commission of general gaol delivery...