 I know that prerogative is a part of the law ; but " sovereign power" is no parliamentary word. In my opinion, it weakens Magna Charta and all the statutes, for they are absolute, without any saving of sovereign power. And should we now add it, we shall...  The Eclectic Review - Pàgina 390editat per - 1833Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Theodore Calvin Pease - 1916 - 438 pàgines
...Revolution. They have quoted Coke's saying of 1628, "Sovereign Power is no Parliamentary word; .... Magna Charta is such a Fellow that he will have no Sovereign," 1 and they have assigned due significance to the fact that in the Petition of Right Parliament defined... | |
 | KATE LOUISE ROBERTS - 1922 - 1422 pàgines
...almost innocuous desuetude these laws are brought forth. GROVER CLEVELAND — Message. March 1, 1886. 4 s; my wings in high pursuit. Oh! I remember, and will ne'er f SIR EDWARD COKE — Debate in the Commons. May 17, 1628. 5 Reason is the life of the law; nay, the... | |
 | 1923 - 946 pàgines
...not be considered a precedent. Chief Justice Coke once said in debate in the House of Commons that *'Magna Charta is such a fellow that he will have no sovereign". Secretary Hughes' statement is to the effect that "These United States recognize no sovereign other... | |
 | J. R. Tanner - 1928 - 334 pàgines
...our statutes, for they are absolute, without any saving of 'sovereign power'; and shall we now add to it, we shall weaken the foundation of law, and then the building must needs fall. Take heed what we yield unto: Magna Charta is such a fellow that he will have no 'sovereign'."* The... | |
 | 1851 - 648 pàgines
...came back to the Commons with this amendment tacked to it — " let us take heed what we yield unto. Magna Charta is such a fellow, that he will have no sovereign." The amendment was struck out, and the peers reluctantly acquiesced. Nothmg now remained but the king'g... | |
 | Academie De Droit International De La Ha - 1968 - 622 pàgines
...of leanings towards absolute power on the part of the Stuarts. In 1628 Sir Edward Coke said pithily: "Magna Charta is such a fellow that he will have no sovereign"; in spite of passing parliamentary eclipses, this remained the dominant note. On the continent, in France... | |
 | William E. Conklin - 1979 - 350 pàgines
...word: In my opninion, it weakens Magna Charta, and all our statutes; for they are absolute without any saving of Sovereign Power: and shall we now add it,...Foundation of Law, and then the Building must needs fall; take heed what we yield unto, Magna Charta is such a Fellow, that he will have no Sovereign. I wonder... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1994 - 518 pàgines
...our Statutes; for they are absolute without any saving of Soveraign Power: and [if] we shall now adde it, we shall weaken the Foundation of Law, and then the building needs must fall; take we heed what we yield unto, Magna Charta is such a fellow, that he will have... | |
 | Bernard Schwartz - 1992 - 322 pàgines
...virtually nullify their Petition. "To speak plainly," said Coke, "it will overthrow all our Petition. . . . And shall we now add it, we shall weaken the foundation of law, and then the building must needs fall; let us take heed what we yield unto; Magna Charta is such a fellow, that he will have no sovereign.... | |
 | Thornton Anderson - 2010 - 276 pàgines
...Magna Charta, and all our Statutes; for they are absolute without any saving of Sovereign Power. . . . Magna Charta is such a Fellow, that he will have no Sovereign." Sir Thomas Wentworth followed with an identical view: "These laws are not acquainted with Sovereign... | |
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