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" That the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of parliament, is against law. "
Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books - Page 412
by Sir William Blackstone - 1807
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American Criminal Trials, Volume 1

Peleg Whitman Chandler - Law - 1841 - 462 pages
...present sovereign lord the king now has it. Indeed the bill of rights declares among other things, that the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in a time of peace, unless with the consent of parliament, is against law. And it is said, that upon the...
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The Portfolio, Volume 2

David Urquhart - Great Britain - 1843 - 644 pages
...Colleagues for their Departure from the Letter oftheBill of Rights; which declared, "that the Rais" ing or Keeping a Standing Army, within the Kingdom, in...with Consent of Parliament, " is against Law." But he positively refused to receive into the Preamble any Admission of the Illegality of the Measure....
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Containing modern history, to the outbreak of the French Revolution

Philip Alexander Prince - World history - 1843 - 776 pages
...the nation, increased his guards to 80,000. In the bill of rights of William III., it was declared that the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless with consent of parliament, is against law ; nevertheless a force, varying in its numbers, has ever...
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Remarks on the Constitution and Practice of Courts Martial: With a Summary ...

Thomas Frederick Simmons - Courts-martial and courts of inquiry - 1843 - 678 pages
...that clause from the bill of rights, which declares, that the keeping up a standing army within this kingdom, in time of peace, unless it be with consent of parliament, is against law ; yet, in these reigns the mutiny act pr»ctiw during ^ ' * • • reigns mibsewas repeatedly suffered...
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The Portfolio; Or, a Collection of State Papers, Etc: Illustrative ..., Volume 2

David Urquhart - Europe - 1844 - 644 pages
...their Departure from the Letter oftheBill of Rights; which declared, "that the Rais" ing orKeeping a Standing Army, within the Kingdom, in " Time of...with Consent of Parliament, " is against Law." But he positively refused to receive into the Preamble any Admission of the Illegality of the Measure....
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Guide to the History of the Laws and Constitutions of England, Consisting of ...

Thomas Chisholm Anstey - Constitutional history - 1845 - 484 pages
...Colleagues, as though for their Departure from the Letter of the Bill of Rights ; which had declared, "that the Raising or Keeping a Standing Army within...with Consent of Parliament — is against Law." But he positively refused to receive, into the Preamble, any Admission of the Illegality of the Measure....
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Political dictionary [articles repr. from the penny cyclopaedia, ed. by G ...

Political dictionary - 1845 - 916 pages
...to be the destruction of the liberties of Englishmen. In the Bill of Rights (1689) it was declared that the raising or keeping a standing army within...it be with consent of parliament, is against law. An army varying in its numbers has ever since been maintained, and is now looked on without apprehension....
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Memoirs of Prince Charles Stuart: (count of Albany) Commonly ..., Volume 1

Karl Ludwig Klose - 1845 - 490 pages
...parliament, for longer time, or in other manner than the same is or shall be granted, is illegal ; that the raising or keeping a standing army within...unless it be with consent of parliament, is against law ; that election of members of parliament ought to be free ; that the freedom of speech and debates...
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Political Dictionary: Abandonment-Eyre

Political science - 1845 - 908 pages
...to be the destruction of the liberties of Englishmen. In the Bill of Rights (1CS9) it was declared that the raising or keeping a standing army within...it be with consent of parliament, is against law. An ami v varying in its numbers has ever since been maintained, and is now looked on without apprehension....
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The Elements of Morality: Including Polity, Volume 2

William Whewell - Ethics - 1845 - 434 pages
...Subjects to petition the King, and that all commitments or persecutions for such petitions are illegal : That the raising or keeping a standing army within...peace, unless it be with consent of parliament, is illegal : That the subjects which are protestants, may have arms for their defence suitable to their...
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