 | Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1880 - 696 pages
...Court of Parliament ; for it is so high and so mighty in his nature that it may make law, and that that is law it may make no law; and the determination and knowledge of that privilege belongeth to the Lords of the Parliament, and not to the justices." Yet the judges went on to declare... | |
 | George Henry Jennings - Anecdotes - 1880 - 842 pages
...Court of Parliament ; for it is so high and so mighty in its nature that it may make law, and that that is law it may make no law, and the determination and knowledge of that privilego belongeth to the Lords of the Parliament, and not to the justices." They only added that... | |
 | George Henry Jennings - GREAT BRITAIN. PARLIAMENT - 1881 - 564 pages
...Court of Parliament ; for it is so high and so mighty in its nature that it may make law, and that that is law it may make no law, and the determination and knowledge of that privilege belongeth to the Lords of the Parliament, and not to the justices." They only added that there was... | |
 | Marshall Davis Ewell - Law - 1882 - 60 pages
...the merits of either case. The privileges of parliament are likewise very large and indefinite. [164] "And the determination and knowledge of that privilege...its members, not only from being molested by their fellow-subject." but also more especially from being oppressed by the power of t. crown. The dignity... | |
 | William Hickman S. Aubrey - 1878 - 734 pages
...court of Parliament; for it is so high and so mighty in its nature, that it may make law; and that that is law, it may make no law; and the determination and knowledge of that privilege belongeth to the Lords of the Parliament and not to the justices." In consequence of this decision... | |
 | Thomas Erskine May - Parliamentary practice - 1883 - 994 pages
...of Parliament ; for it is so high and so mighty in its nature, that it may make law, and that that is law it may make no law ; and the determination and knowledge of that privilege belongeth to the Lords of the Parliament, and not to the justices."' In regard to this case it must... | |
 | Sir Fortunatus Dwarris - Constitutional law - 1885 - 698 pages
...in their own favor. When Fortescue sayso of parliament: — "It is so high and mighty in its nature, that it may make law, and that which is law it may make no law." he is enlarging upon the transcendent power of parliament in its collective and legislative capacity.... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1914 - 812 pages
...Court of Parliament. For it is so high and mighty in its nature that it may make law, and that that is law it may make no law, and the determination and...knowledge of that privilege belongs to the Lords of the Parliament and not to the Justices." Patterson, J., in the same case says: "With respect to the... | |
 | Henry Hallam - Europe - 1888 - 732 pages
...Parliament ; for it is so high and so mighty in his nature that it may make law, and that that is ];i\v it may make no law; and the determination and knowledge of that privilege belongelh to the Lords of the Parliament, and not to the justices." They went on, however, after observing... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1890 - 902 pages
...determine the privileges of the high court of parliament. For it is so high and mighty in its nature, that it may make law ; and that which is law, it may make no law : and the determination and knowlege of that privilege belongs to the lords of parliament, and not to the justices.i " Privilege... | |
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Fortescue, in the name of his brethren, declared, " that they ought not to make answer to that question : for it hath not been used aforetime that the justices should in any wise determine the privileges of the high court of parliament. For it is so high... 
