 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...  The History of England - Page 93by Rapin de Thoyras (M., Paul) - 1763Full view - About this book
 | James Birchall - 1876 - 970 pages
...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
...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 - 1880 - 762 pages
...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. The first ot these provisions was well adapted to obviate the jealousy which the succession of a new dynasty,... | |
 | Henry St. Clair Feilden - 1882 - 378 pages
...Responsibility. By the Act of Settlement, 1701, it was provided " that no pardon under the great seal of England be pleadable to an impeachment by the Commons in Parliament." The Sovereign, however, retains the power of pardoning after conviction. beginning of the impeachment,... | |
 | William Edward Hartpole Lecky - 1887 - 636 pages
...after the Revolution, and the Act of Settlement finally enacted 'that no pardon under the Great Seal of England be pleadable to an impeachment by the Commons in Parliament.' It was still, however, undecided whether the Crown might not put an end to impeachments by proroguing... | |
 | Sir William Reynell Anson - 1892 - 544 pages
...King from assuming responsibility in one form by enacting: — ' That no pardon under the Great Seal of England be pleadable to an impeachment by the Commons in Parliament.' They thought that they secured the legal responsibility of the King's Ministers by the provision that... | |
 | Sir William Reynell Anson - 1892 - 416 pages
...set at rest by a clause in the Act of Settlement to the effect that 'no pardon under the Great Seal of England be pleadable to an impeachment by the Commons in Parliament V Effect o! 3. The effect of a prorogation and of a dissolution of Partion^d liament upon proceedings... | |
 | William Stubbs - 1895 - 588 pages
...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... | |
 | Jesse Macy - 1896 - 570 pages
...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... | |
 | Guy Carleton Lee - 1900 - 652 pages
...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... | |
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