How We are Governed: A Handbook of the Constitution, Government, Laws, and Power of the British EmpireF. Warne and Company, 1889 - 208 Seiten |
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Seite 107 - Army. The maintenance of a standing army, in time of peace, without the consent of Parliament, is prohibited by the Bill of Rights of 1690. From that time...
Seite 7 - That the freedom of speech, and debates or proceedings in Parliament, ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Parliament.
Seite 166 - These councils are summoned by the respective archbishops, in pursuance of the Queen's mandate. When assembled, they must also have the Queen's licence before they can deliberate ; as well as the sanction of the Crown to their resolutions, before they are binding on the clergy.
Seite 7 - And that for redress of all grievances, and for the amending, strengthening, and preserving of the laws, parliaments ought to be held frequently.
Seite 179 - The plaintiff may also, where the writ is specially indorsed, give notice to the plaintiff that the particulars of his claim appear by the indorsement on the writ of summons, and thus save himself the additional expense of a more formal and lengthy statement of the facts of his case. When a statement of claim is delivered the defendant must deliver his defence within eight days from the delivery of the statement of claim. The defence contains a short statement of the facts upon which the defendant...
Seite 84 - Crown Colonies, in which the Crown has the entire control of legislation, while the administration is carried on by public officers under the control of the Home Government...
Seite 193 - The inquisition must be had super visum corporis, for if the body be not found, the coroner cannot sit, except by virtue of a special commission issued for that purpose. If any be found guilty of murder or other homicide by such inquisition, the coroner is to commit them to prison for further trial, and...
Seite 163 - Originally, canons were only priests, or inferior ecclesiastics, who lived in ruin, iminity, residing near the cathedral church to assist the bishop, depending entirely on his will, supported by the revenues of his bishopric, and living in the same house as his domestics or counsellors, &c. By degrees, these communities of priests, shaking off their depcndance, formed separate bodies ; in time they freed themselves from their rules, and at length ceased to live in a community.
Seite 165 - If the bishop hath no objections, but admits the patron's presentation, the clerk so admitted is next to be instituted by him ; which is a kind of investiture of the spiritual part of the benefice : for by institution the care of the souls of the parish is committed to the charge of the clerk.
Seite 187 - Stealing from the person with violence, or threats of violence. It is punishable by penal servitude or imprisonment. Burglary — Breaking into a dwelling-house between the hours of nine at night and six in the morning, with intent to steal therein ; or...