 | 1873 - 676 pages
...Commentaries : under British lawIt is expressly declared, by Statutes 12 and 13, William III, cap. 2, that the laws of England are the birthright of the people...ascend the throne of this realm ought to administer the Go vernment of the same according to the said laws; and all their officers and ministers ought to serve... | |
 | United States. Department of State - 1873 - 686 pages
...It is expressly declared, by Statutes 12 and Hi, William III, cap. 2, tlr.it the laws of England arc the birthright of the people thereof; and all the...ascend the throne of this realm ought to administer th« Government of the same according to the said laws; and all their officers and ministers ought... | |
 | United States. Department of State - 1873 - 688 pages
...people thereof; and all the Kin;;» and Queens who ^liall ascend the throne of this realm ought ro administer the Government of the same according to...laws; and all their officers and ministers ought to servo them respectively according to the same. (Vol. ii, p. 42-1, 6th edition.) Since the law is iii... | |
 | William Stubbs - 1874 - 604 pages
...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...ought to serve them respectively according to the same : The said Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, do therefore further humbly pray, That all the... | |
 | Llewelyn C. Burt - 1874 - 178 pages
...the Commons. The Act repeats, and ratifies by the consent of the King, the solemn acknowledgment that the laws of England are the birthright of the people thereof, and binding upon all her Kings and their Ministère. The bearing of the Act on the principle of legitimacy... | |
 | Thomas Pitt Taswell- Langmead - 1875 - 876 pages
...concludes with a general confirmation of the rights and liberties of the people : — ' And whereas the laws of England are the birthright of the people...ought to serve them respectively according to the same ; the said Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, do therefore further humbly pray, That all the... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords - 1875 - 614 pages
...popery, and infringe the compact solemnly entered into between the King and his people. 2ndly, Because ' the laws of England are the birthright of the people...administer the government of the same according to the same laws, and all their officers and ministers ought to serve them respectively according to the same... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords - 1875 - 616 pages
...popery, and infringe the compact solemnly entered into between the King and his people. andly, Because ' the laws of England are the birthright of the people thereof, and all the Kings and tiueens who shall ascend the Throne of this Realm ought to administer the government of the same according... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1877 - 640 pages
...also the law, by which " he was made a king." For "the laws of England, 12 & 13 " Will. III., c. 2, are the birthright of the people thereof; and " all...realm ought to administer the government of the same ac" cording to the said laws." The terms of what is called the original contract between king and people,... | |
 | Thomas Erskine May (baron Farnborough.) - 1879 - 984 pages
...the laws and customs of the same."1 The Act 12 & 13 William III. c. 2, affirms "that Limitations of the laws of England are the birthright of the people...to serve them respectively according to the same." And the statute 6 Anne, c. 7, declares it high treason for any one to maintain and affirm, by writing,... | |
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And whereas the Laws of England are the birthright of the people thereof, and all the Kings and Queens, who shall ascend the Throne of this realm, ought to administer the Government of the same according to the said laws, and all their officers and ministers... 
