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Page 69
... agreed to , on the 11th February 1768 : " That in case of any complaint of a breach of privilege here- after to be made by any member of this house , if the house shall adjudge that there is no ground for such complaint , the house will ...
... agreed to , on the 11th February 1768 : " That in case of any complaint of a breach of privilege here- after to be made by any member of this house , if the house shall adjudge that there is no ground for such complaint , the house will ...
Page 70
... agreed in their adjudication ; but in several important particulars , there is a difference in their modes of punishment . The lords claim to be a court of record , and , as such , not only to imprison , but to impose fines . They also ...
... agreed in their adjudication ; but in several important particulars , there is a difference in their modes of punishment . The lords claim to be a court of record , and , as such , not only to imprison , but to impose fines . They also ...
Page 76
... agreed upon petitions for laws to be made directly against his prerogative , as may appear by divers of the said petitions ; yet they were never interrupted in their consultations , nor received check for the same , as may appear also ...
... agreed upon petitions for laws to be made directly against his prerogative , as may appear by divers of the said petitions ; yet they were never interrupted in their consultations , nor received check for the same , as may appear also ...
Page 77
... agreed that the judgment against Haxey , in derogation of the privileges of Parliament , " should be annulled and held to be of no force or effect . " Again , in the 4th Henry 8 , 1512 , Mr. Strode , a mem- ber of the House of Commons ...
... agreed that the judgment against Haxey , in derogation of the privileges of Parliament , " should be annulled and held to be of no force or effect . " Again , in the 4th Henry 8 , 1512 , Mr. Strode , a mem- ber of the House of Commons ...
Page 80
... agreed to the resolutions of the commons ; 3 and , finally , upon a writ of error , the judgment of the court of King's Bench was reversed by the House of Lords , on 15th April , 1668. * This would have been a sufficient recognition ...
... agreed to the resolutions of the commons ; 3 and , finally , upon a writ of error , the judgment of the court of King's Bench was reversed by the House of Lords , on 15th April , 1668. * This would have been a sufficient recognition ...
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Page 465 - Wine into the Body and Blood of 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 464 - 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 or of Scotland by the name of James the Eighth or the style and title of King of Great Britain hath any right or title whatsoever to the crown of this realm or any other the dominions thereunto belonging.
Page 338 - 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 4 - 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 80 - 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 22 - House of Parliament, to deprive many inconsiderable places of the right of returning members, to grant such privilege to large, populous, and wealthy towns, to increase the number of knights of the shire, to extend the elective franchise to many of His Majesty's subjects who have not heretofore enjoyed the same, and to diminish the expense of elections...
Page 3 - And whereas the laws of England are the birthright of the people thereof, and all the kings and queens who shall ascend the throne of this realm ought to administer the government of the same according to the said laws, and all their officers and ministers ought to serve them respectively according to the same...
Page 463 - ... dominions and countries, as well in all spiritual or ecclesiastical things or causes, as temporal, and 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...
Page 464 - Majesty, and his successors, all treasons and traitorous conspiracies which I shall know to be against him, or any of them; and I do faithfully promise, to the utmost of my power, to support, maintain, and defend the succession of the Crown against...
Page 3 - Will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the people of this kingdom of England, and the dominions thereto belonging, according to the statutes in parliament agreed on, and the laws and customs of the same?