A Manual of the Constitutional History of Canada from the Earliest Period to the Year 1888; Including the British North America Act, 1867, and a Digest of Judicial Decisions on Questions of Legislative JurisdictionDawson Bros., 1888 - 238 pages |
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... pp . 159-163 - Constitutional Principles deduced from the decisions of High Judicial Authorities , and from the operation of the fundamental Law , pp . 163 et seg . CHAPTER XV . POSITION OF THE JUDICIARY . Laws in CONTENTS . ΧΙ.
... pp . 159-163 - Constitutional Principles deduced from the decisions of High Judicial Authorities , and from the operation of the fundamental Law , pp . 163 et seg . CHAPTER XV . POSITION OF THE JUDICIARY . Laws in CONTENTS . ΧΙ.
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... authority . For over half a century , whilst the country was practically under the control of trading corporations , the governor exercised all the powers of civil and military government , necessary for the security and peace of the ...
... authority . For over half a century , whilst the country was practically under the control of trading corporations , the governor exercised all the powers of civil and military government , necessary for the security and peace of the ...
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... authority was very limited ; for they were forbidden to fine or imprison any person without obtaining the neces- sary order from Quebec . Neither the seigneur nor the habitant had practically any voice whatever in the gov- ernment ; and ...
... authority was very limited ; for they were forbidden to fine or imprison any person without obtaining the neces- sary order from Quebec . Neither the seigneur nor the habitant had practically any voice whatever in the gov- ernment ; and ...
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... authority several thousand miles distant.2 1 " The whole system of administration centred in the king , who , to borrow the formula of his edicts , ' in the fullness of our power and our certain knowledge , ' was supposed to direct the ...
... authority several thousand miles distant.2 1 " The whole system of administration centred in the king , who , to borrow the formula of his edicts , ' in the fullness of our power and our certain knowledge , ' was supposed to direct the ...
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... authority of Par- liament . This constitution was known as the Quebec 2 1 Report of Committee of Council , 1st May , 1849 , app . A. , vol . ii . Earl Grey's Colonial Policy . 214 Geo . III . , c . 83 , " making more effectual provision ...
... authority of Par- liament . This constitution was known as the Quebec 2 1 Report of Committee of Council , 1st May , 1849 , app . A. , vol . ii . Earl Grey's Colonial Policy . 214 Geo . III . , c . 83 , " making more effectual provision ...
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