A Concise View of the Constitution of EnglandLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1808 - 448 pages |
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George Custance. CHAP . XII . OF THE ROYAL PREROGATIVE . By the king's prerogative , is to be understood that special pre - eminence which the king has , in right of his regal dignity , over and above all other persons . The word is ...
George Custance. CHAP . XII . OF THE ROYAL PREROGATIVE . By the king's prerogative , is to be understood that special pre - eminence which the king has , in right of his regal dignity , over and above all other persons . The word is ...
Page 157
... prerogative extends to the making of treaties , leagues , and alliances , with foreign pow- ers ; and these treaties , & c . so made by the king , bind the whole nation ; but his ministers are accountable to parliament for their conduct ...
... prerogative extends to the making of treaties , leagues , and alliances , with foreign pow- ers ; and these treaties , & c . so made by the king , bind the whole nation ; but his ministers are accountable to parliament for their conduct ...
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... prerogative , the king is said to possess a legal ubiquity . Another branch of the prerogative , is the power of issuing proclamations . Not that proclamations can make a new law , or dispense with one already enacted ; or that they are ...
... prerogative , the king is said to possess a legal ubiquity . Another branch of the prerogative , is the power of issuing proclamations . Not that proclamations can make a new law , or dispense with one already enacted ; or that they are ...
Contents
Of the Laws of England | 34 |
Of Countries subject to the Laws of England | 42 |
Of the absolute Rights of Individuals | 52 |
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