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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... exercise judicial func- tions , and in certain cases to issue ordinances having the force of law whenever it might be necessary.1 When the king reorganized the government of Canada , in the month of April 1663 , he decreed the ...
... exercise judicial func- tions , and in certain cases to issue ordinances having the force of law whenever it might be necessary.1 When the king reorganized the government of Canada , in the month of April 1663 , he decreed the ...
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... exercising the function of registration borrowed from the Parliament of Paris . An attorney - general sat in the council , which was also empowered to establish subordinate courts throughout the colony . From the decisions of the inten ...
... exercising the function of registration borrowed from the Parliament of Paris . An attorney - general sat in the council , which was also empowered to establish subordinate courts throughout the colony . From the decisions of the inten ...
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... exercise of their religion2 ; and certain specified fraternities , and all com- munities of religieuses were guaranteed the possession of their goods , constitutions and privileges , but a similar favour was denied to the Jesuits ...
... exercise of their religion2 ; and certain specified fraternities , and all com- munities of religieuses were guaranteed the possession of their goods , constitutions and privileges , but a similar favour was denied to the Jesuits ...
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... exercise of their religion , but no reference was made in the document to the laws that were to pre- vail throughout the conquered country.1 For three years after the conquest , the government of Canada was entrusted to military chiefs ...
... exercise of their religion , but no reference was made in the document to the laws that were to pre- vail throughout the conquered country.1 For three years after the conquest , the government of Canada was entrusted to military chiefs ...
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... exercise of an unquestionable and undisputed prerogative of the Crown . The colonial in- stitutions of the old possessions of Great Britain , now known as the United States of America , had their origin in the same way . But in 1774 , a ...
... exercise of an unquestionable and undisputed prerogative of the Crown . The colonial in- stitutions of the old possessions of Great Britain , now known as the United States of America , had their origin in the same way . But in 1774 , a ...
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