I know that prerogative is a part of the law ; but " sovereign power" is no parliamentary word. In my opinion, it weakens Magna Charta and all the statutes, for they are absolute, without any saving of sovereign power. And should we now add it, we shall... The Eclectic Review - Page 390edited by - 1833Full view - About this book
| 1831 - 576 pages
...statutes are absolute, without any saving of sovereign power. Let us take heed what we yield unto. Magna Charta is such a fellow that he will have no sovereign' — ' I know (said Pym) how to add sovereign to the King's person, but not to his power. We cannot... | |
| Max Wilhelm Meyer - 1809 - 786 pages
...opii 'in, it weakens Magna Charta, and all our «-itutis; for they are absolute, without any u» 15 of sovereign power. And shall we now add it, we shall weaken the foundation of law, VOL. III. and then the building must needs fall ; let us take heed what we yield unto; Magna Charta... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1810 - 556 pages
...charta, and all the statutes ; for they are absolute, without any saving of sovereign power ; and should we now add it, we shall weaken the foundation of law, and then the building must needs fall. Take we heed what we yield unto. Magna charts is such a fellow. that he will have no sovereign. I wonder... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1810 - 544 pages
...weaken the foundation of law, and then the building must needs fall. Take we heed what we yield unto. Magna charta is such a fellow. that he will have no sovereign. I wonder this sovereign was not in magna charta, or in the confirmations of it. If we grant this, by... | |
| Thomas May - 1812 - 560 pages
...fundamental Stipulations, or superadded Laws;) The great Sir Edward Coke said, in answer thereunto; MAGNA CHARTA is SUCH A FELLOW, THAT HE WILL HAVE NO SOVEREIGN: Let us not yield a Sovereign Power above all •ZMWS; Power -in -Law (as the Sheriff's Poi.se Comilalus)... | |
| Thomas Bayly Howell - 1816 - 786 pages
...word. In my npin on, it weakens Magna Charta, and all our statutes ; for they are absolute, without any saving of sovereign power. And shall we now add it, we shall weaken the foundation of law, VOL. III. and then the building must needs fall ; let us take heed what we yield unto; Magna Charta... | |
| Thomas Bayly Howell - 1816 - 782 pages
...In my »pinion, it weakens Magna Charta, and all our statutes; for they are absolute, without. any saving of sovereign power. And shall we now add it, we shall vreaken the foundation of law, VOL. III. nnd then the building must need* fall ; let us t; ike heed... | |
| Isaac Disraeli - 1828 - 362 pages
...Magna Charta and all our statutes, for they are absolute without any saving of Sovereign power. If we now add it, we shall weaken the foundation of law, and then the building must needs fall." The Lords at length consented that their clause should not be inserted in the Petition to * Rushworth,... | |
| John Allen - 1830 - 262 pages
...statutes are absolute, without any saving of " sovereign power. Let us take heed what we yield " unto. Magna Charta is such a fellow that he will have " no sovereign." " I know how to add sovereign to the " King's person," exclaimed Mr. Pym, " but not to his '' power.... | |
| 1833 - 578 pages
...word. In my opinion it weakens magna charta and all our statutes ; for they are absolute, without any saving of sovereign power; and shall we now add it,...ultimately yielded, and passed the bill in its original In the mean time, the dagger of Felton had cut short the career of the haughty Buckingham. We must... | |
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