 | Isaac Grant Thompson - 1874 - 820 pages
...192, 193, 277. And in 1700 .»he act of settlement of 12 & 13 W. Ill, chap. 2, section 3, declared " that no pardon under the great seal of England be...pleadable to an impeachment by the commons in parliament." " But," Blackatone says, "after Coin n 11 in weal th v. Lock wood. the impeachment has been solemnly... | |
 | 1874 - 778 pages
...Hatsell's Free. 192, 193, 277. And in 1700 the act of settlement of 12 & 13 W. III. c. 2, § 3, declared " that no pardon under the great seal of England be...pleadable to an impeachment by the commons in parliament." " But," Blackstone says, " after the impeachment has been solemnly heard and determined, it is not... | |
 | William Stubbs - 1874 - 604 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... | |
 | Francis Lieber - 1874 - 636 pages
...bar of the prosecution of the case. (1679.) It was decided in the act of settlement of 13 Wm. III. that "no pardon under the great seal of England be pleadable to an impeachment of the commons in parliament." The question whether an impeachment could survive a dissolution was... | |
 | Herbert Broom, Edward Alfred Hadley - 1875 - 858 pages
...of an impeachment." And at length, it was enacted by the act of settlement, 12 & 13 Will. 3, c. 2, " y wrongful act, neglect, or default, and But, when the impeachment has been solemnly heard and determined, it is not understood that the г... | |
 | Sheldon Amos - 1875 - 272 pages
...established; but upon the address of both Houses of Parliament, it may be lawful to remove them. 8. That no pardon under the Great Seal of England be...pleadable to an impeachment by the Commons in Parliament. APPENDIX B. THE AUDIT DEPARTMENT AND THE PROCESS OF MAKING PAYMENTS BY THE TREASURY. [Extract from... | |
 | Thomas Pitt Taswell- Langmead - 1875 - 876 pages
...established ; but upon the address of both Houses of Parliament, it may be lawful to remove them.2 8. That no pardon under the Great Seal of England be pleadable to an impeachment by the Commons in Parliament.3 The Act of Settlement, — characterized by Hallam as 'the seal of our constitutional... | |
 | James Birchall - 1876 - 970 pages
...established ; but upon the address of both Houses of Parliament, it may be lawful to remove them. 8. That no pardon under the Great Seal of England be...pleadable to an impeachment by the Commons in Parliament.* The first of these articles was a safeguard of the Established religion, as the second was of our national... | |
 | David Hume - 1876 - 742 pages
...established; but upon the address of both houses of parliament, it may be lawful to remove them; but no pardon under the great seal of England be pleadable to an impeachment by the commons in parliament. Having settled these preliminaries, they resolved, that the princess Sophia, duchess dowager of Hanover,... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1877 - 448 pages
...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.1 The first of these provisions was well adapted to obviate the jealousy which the succession... | |
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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... 
