 | Herbert Francis Wright - 1919 - 370 pages
...dominions or territories which do not belong to the Crown of England, without the consent of Parliament. 5 That no pardon under the Great Seal of England be pleadable to »n impeachment by the commons in Parliament. ART. 4. And whereas the laws of England are the birthright... | |
 | Hutton Webster - 1920 - 238 pages
...and established; but upon the address of both houses of Parliament it may be lawful to remove them. That no pardon under the Great Seal of England be...pleadable to an impeachment by the Commons in Parliament. IV. And whereas the laws of England are the birthright of the people thereof, and all the kings and... | |
 | India - 1921 - 296 pages
...and established ; but upon the Address of both Houses of Parliament it may be lawful to remove them. That no pardon under the Great Seal of England be...pleadable to an impeachment by the Commons in Parliament. IV. And whereas the Laws of England are the birthright of the people thereof, and all the Kings and... | |
 | Christen Jensen - 1922 - 162 pages
...as early as 1679 and 1688 by the House of Commons. The Act of Settlement (1 26113 Wm. Ill) provided "that no pardon under the great seal of England be...pleadable to an impeachment by the Commons in Parliament." But Blacks tone held that the king's power to pardon was not subject to curtailment after an impeachment... | |
 | United States - 1896 - 448 pages
...both Houses of Parliament, it may be lawful to remove them. 8. That no pardon under the Great Sea', of England be pleadable to an impeachment by the Commons in Parliament. The Bill of Rights was an act of Parliament, passed in 1689, declarmg the rights and liberties of the... | |
 | Julian Alvin Carroll Chandler - 1924 - 424 pages
...and established; but upon the address of both Houses of Parliament, it may be lawful to remove them"; "That no pardon under the Great Seal of England be...pleadable to an impeachment by the Commons in Parliament." The concluding paragraph of the Act closes an era, and it is a solemn confirmation of all the laws... | |
 | Sir David Lindsay Keir, Frederick Henry Lawson - 1928 - 520 pages
...powerless to interfere, namely, impeachment, for the Act of Settlement (12 & 18 Wm. 8, c. 2) enacts 'That no Pardon under the Great Seal of England be...pleadable to an Impeachment by the Commons in Parliament.' Note that this does not oust the King's Prerogative of pardon after sentence. For the procedure in... | |
 | E. Neville Williams - 484 pages
...and established; but upon the address of both houses of parliament it may be lawful to remove them. That no pardon under the great seal of England be...pleadable to an impeachment by the commons in parliament. IV. And whereas the laws of England are the birthright of the people thereof, and all the Kings and... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1973 - 362 pages
...and established; but upon address of both houses of parliament it may be lawful to remove them," and that "no pardon under the great seal of England be...pleadable to an impeachment by the commons in parliament." 4 No clearer statement could be made of Parliament's desire for supremacy within the British constitution.... | |
 | Gerhard Leibholz - 1975 - 718 pages
...p. 480; Medley, op. cit., p. 108. 40 The Act of Settlement (12 and 13 Will. Ill), 1700, Article III: »That no pardon under the Great Seal of England be...to an impeachment by the Commons in Parliament.« 41 Danby, after his release, untried, from the Tower in 1684, lived in political retirement for the... | |
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Commissions be made Quamdiu se bene gesserint, and their salaries ascertained and established ; but upon the Address of both Houses of Parliament it may be lawful to remove them. That no pardon under the Great Seal of England be pleadable to an impeachment... 
