How We are Governed: A Handbook of the Constitution, Government, Laws, and Power of the British Empire |
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Page 107 - Army. The maintenance of a standing army, in time of peace, without the consent of Parliament, is prohibited by the Bill of Rights of 1690. From that time...
Page 7 - 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 166 - These councils are summoned by the respective archbishops, in pursuance of the Queen's mandate. When assembled, they must also have the Queen's licence before they can deliberate ; as well as the sanction of the Crown to their resolutions, before they are binding on the clergy.
Page 7 - And that for redress of all grievances, and for the amending, strengthening, and preserving of the laws, parliaments ought to be held frequently.
Page 179 - The plaintiff may also, where the writ is specially indorsed, give notice to the plaintiff that the particulars of his claim appear by the indorsement on the writ of summons, and thus save himself the additional expense of a more formal and lengthy statement of the facts of his case. When a statement of claim is delivered the defendant must deliver his defence within eight days from the delivery of the statement of claim. The defence contains a short statement of the facts upon which the defendant...
Page 84 - Crown Colonies, in which the Crown has the entire control of legislation, while the administration is carried on by public officers under the control of the Home Government...
Page 193 - The inquisition must be had super visum corporis, for if the body be not found, the coroner cannot sit, except by virtue of a special commission issued for that purpose. If any be found guilty of murder or other homicide by such inquisition, the coroner is to commit them to prison for further trial, and...
Page 163 - Originally, canons were only priests, or inferior ecclesiastics, who lived in ruin, iminity, residing near the cathedral church to assist the bishop, depending entirely on his will, supported by the revenues of his bishopric, and living in the same house as his domestics or counsellors, &c. By degrees, these communities of priests, shaking off their depcndance, formed separate bodies ; in time they freed themselves from their rules, and at length ceased to live in a community.
Page 54 - The corporation were not allowed to borrow or owe more than the amount of their capital, and if they did so the individual members became liable to the creditors in proportion to the amount of their stock. The corporation were not to trade in any " goods, wares, or merchandise whatsoever...
Page 84 - Government retains the control of public officers. 3. Colonies possessing Representative Institutions and Responsible Government, in which the Crown has only a veto on legislation, and the Home Government has no control over any public officer except the Governor.