The Constitutional Year Book, Том 20

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Harrison & Sons, 1904

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Сторінка 23 - No freeman (says the 29th chapter of Henry III.7s charter, which, as the existing law, I quote in preference to that of John, the variations not being very material) shall be taken or imprisoned, or be disseised of his freehold, or liberties, or free customs, or be outlawed, or exiled, or. any otherwise destroyed ; nor will we pass upon him, nor send upon him, but by lawful judgment of his peers, or by the law of the land.* We will sell to no man, we will not deny, or delay to any man justice or...
Сторінка 26 - Treasurer or the First Lord of the Treasury, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer...
Сторінка 112 - ... for the purpose of discussing a definite matter of urgent public importance...
Сторінка 24 - Will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the people of this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the dominions thereto belonging, according to the statutes in parliament agreed on, and the respective laws and customs of the same ? " King. I solemnly promise so to do.
Сторінка 113 - That the question be now put", and, unless it shall appear to the Chair that such motion is an abuse of the rules of the House, or an infringement of the rights of the minority, the question, "That the question be now put" shall be put forthwith, and decided without amendment or debate.
Сторінка 364 - I, AB, do swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty...
Сторінка 20 - Ministry is, in fact, a committee of leading members of the two Houses. It is nominated by the Crown : but it consists exclusively of statesmen whose opinions on the pressing questions of the time agree, in the main, with the opinions of the majority of the House of Commons. Among the members of this committee are distributed the great departments of the administration. Each Minister conducts the ordinary business of his own office without reference to his colleagues. But the most important business...
Сторінка 56 - Chancellor shall be one, namely, the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Chief Justice of England, the Master of the Rolls, the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, the Lord Chief Baron...
Сторінка 75 - If by the same constituency as the popular body, what claim have they, under such circumstances, to criticise or to control the decisions of that body ? If they are to be elected by a more select body, qualified by a higher franchise, there immediately occurs the objection, why should the majority be governed by the minority...

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