 ... there can be but one supreme power, which is the legislative, to which all the rest are and must be subordinate; yet the legislative being only a fiduciary power to act for certain ends, there remains still 'in the people a supreme power to remove...  Commentaries on the Laws of England - Page 99de William Blackstone - 1827Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | sir William Blackstone - 1825 - 660 pages
...legislative power shall become more corrupt than the executive. IT must be owned that Mr. Locke h, and other theoretical writers, have held, that " there...they find the legislative act contrary to the trust re" posed in them : for when such trust is abused, it is thereby. " forfeited, and devolves to those... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 512 pages
...svisc fall upon it, the subjects of this kingdom are left without all manner of remedy. Mr. Locke, and other theoretical writers, have held that ' there...the people a supreme power to remove or alter the legislature, when they rind the legislature act contrary to the trust reposed in them; for, when such... | |
 | Thomas Edlyne Tomlins - 1835 - 862 pages
...shall become more corrupt than the executive. Sp. L. 1. 11. c. G. It must be owned that Mr. Locke, d in the hands of the crown, have given rise to such...officers, created by and removable at the royal pleasure, legislature, when they find that legislature act contrary to the trust reposed in them ; for when such... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1836 - 694 pages
...legislative power shall become more corrupt than the executive. It must be owned that Mr. Locke (ft), and other theoretical writers, have held, that " there...supreme power to remove or alter the legislative, [ *162 ] when they find the legislative act contrary to the trust deposed in them: for when such trust... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1838 - 910 pages
...legislative power shall become more corrupt than the executive. It must be owned that Mr. Locke (I), and other theoretical writers, have held, that " there...the trust "reposed in them ; for, when such trust is [*162] abused, it is thereby forfeited, and devolves to those who gave it." But however just this conclusion... | |
 | Robert Plumer Ward - 1838 - 324 pages
...an extreme on the opposite side, which republicans are fond of quoting. " There remains," says he, " still inherent in the people a supreme power to remove...contrary to the trust reposed in them ; for when such a trust is abused, it is thereby forfeited and devolves to those who gave it."f Here we are evidently... | |
 | Robert Plumer Ward - 1838 - 660 pages
...fond of quoting. " There remains," says he, " still inherent in the people a supreme power to remote or alter the legislative, when they find the legislative...contrary to the trust reposed in them; for when such a trust is abused, it is thereby forfeited and devolves to those who gave it,"f Here we are evidently... | |
 | Thomas George Western, Jean Louis de Lolme - 1838 - 628 pages
...abuse its trust. Mr. Locke and other theoretical writers have held, that in such a desperate case, there remains still inherent in the people a supreme power to remove or alter the legislature, when they find the legislature act contrary to the trust reposed in them ; for when such... | |
 | William Blackstone, James Stewart - 1839 - 556 pages
...writers, have held, that " there remains still inherent in the power to al- ,, 1 i . , , - , ter the le- " people a supreme power to remove or alter the legislative,...they find the legislative act contrary to the trust re" posed in them : for, when such trust is abused, it is " thereby forfeited, and devolves to those... | |
 | 1846 - 578 pages
...power, yet the legislative being only a fiduciary power to act for certain ends, there remains still in the people a supreme power to remove or alter the...legislative act contrary to the trust reposed in them; for all power given with trust for the attaining an end, BEING LIMITED BY THAT END, whenever that end is... | |
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