 | Henry Hallam - 1846 - 644 sider
...commitments or prosecutions for such petitions are illegal ; That the raising • Parl. Hist. v. 54. or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time...peace, unless it be with consent of parliament, is illegal ; That the subjects which are protestants may have arms for their defence suitable to their... | |
 | Alastair Davidson - 1997 - 364 sider
...continental Europe) with the primary right founding power from below. Thus, in the Bill of Rights we read: '7) That the subjects which are Protestants, may have arms for their defence suitable to their condition ... 8) That election of members of Parliament ought to be free ...'. It is necessary to labour... | |
 | Micheline Ishay - 1997 - 562 sider
...patliament, fot longet time, ot in othet mannet than the same is ot shall be gtanted, is illegal. 5. That it is the right of the subjects to petition the King, and all committments and ptosecutions fot such petitioning ate illegal. 6. That the taising ot keeping a standing... | |
 | Donald Rutherford - 1996 - 528 sider
...clause in the Declaration of Rights, afterwards incorporated into the Bill of Rights, according to which 'it is the right of the subjects to petition the King,...and prosecutions for such petitioning, are illegal.' Lord Mansfield, however, in the name of the court, denied this doctrine, positively asserting, that... | |
 | Sophia A. van Wingerden - 1999 - 260 sider
...recognized by the statute of 13 Charles II.75 The Bill of Rights said, 'it is the right of the subject to petition the King and all commitments and prosecutions for such petitioning are illegal'; the statute of 13 Charles II, by setting limitations on the right of petition, implicitly recognized... | |
 | Terry Eastland - 2000 - 446 sider
...representatives is not disputed. Even as far back as 1689, the Bill of Rights exacted of William and Mary said: "It is the Right of the Subjects to petition the King,...and Prosecutions for such petitioning are illegal." And 178 years ago the Declaration of Rights of the Continental Congress proclaimed to the monarch of... | |
 | Theodore Ropp - 2000 - 430 sider
...of Rights and other acts of this period. The Bill of Rights stated, "That the raising or keeping of a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with the consent of parliament, is against law" and "That the subjects which are Protestants may have arms... | |
 | Michael A. Sommers - 2000 - 148 sider
...Defense." It also prevented a ruler from getting too powerful by inserting a clause that declared: "raising or keeping a Standing army within the Kingdom...it be with Consent of Parliament is against Law." Sir William Blackstone Sir William Blackstone (1723-1780) was an English jurist who taught law at Oxford... | |
 | H. C. F. Lansberry - 2001 - 338 sider
...government of this realm'. In spite of clause 4 of the Bill of Rights of 1689, that it is the right of subjects to petition the King and all commitments and prosecutions for such petitioning are illegal,112 the promoter of the Petition, William Colepeper, and Thomas Colepeper, David Polhill, Justinian... | |
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That the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of parliament, is against law. 
