| Great Britain. Parliament - 1822 - 866 Seiten
...the constitution, and in violation of the Bill of Rights, which declared, that freedom of speech in debates or proceedings in parliament ought not to be impeached or questioned. If the speech of a member of that House could not be questioned, still less ought his vote to be made... | |
| Charles Petersdorff - 1831 - 590 Seiten
...stat. 2. c. 2. as one of the liberties of the people, *'that the freedom of speech and debates, and proceedings in parliament, ought not to be impeached,...questioned, in any court or place out of parliament ;" and this freedom of speech, with other privileges, is particularly demanded of (he king in person... | |
| United States. Congress - 1832 - 756 Seiten
...privileges of the representative of the people. It was declared by the statute of William and Mary, that freedom of speech and debates or proceedings in Parliament...questioned in any court or place out of Parliament: but no express power to punish, nor any particular species of punishment, was thereby, or ever enacted.... | |
| William Martin - 1832 - 504 Seiten
...authority, without the consent of parliament is illegal, that the freedom of speech and debates and proceedings in parliament, ought not to be impeached...questioned in any court or place out of parliament; and that the raising or keeping of a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be... | |
| Beamish Murdoch - 1832 - 260 Seiten
...British statute of 1,W. & M. st. 2, c. 2, which enacts " that the freedom of speech and debates, and proceedings in Parliament, ought not to be impeached...questioned in any court or place, out of parliament." At the opening sessions of every new assembly, the Speaker demands of the Governor in the name of the... | |
| Parliament lists - 1832 - 1026 Seiten
...his Majesty*. • The statute of 1 Wm. and M. declares that " the freedom of speech and debate, and proceedings in Parliament, ought not to be impeached or questioned in any other place or court, out of Parliament." Another privilege of Parliament consists in the protection... | |
| 1840 - 526 Seiten
...different times, might also be given. The words contained in the Bill of Rights, that the 'debates and proceedings in parliament ought not to be impeached...questioned in any court or place out of parliament,' are generally relied upon in confirmation of this doctrine. If this view were always taken of the question,... | |
| Joseph Story - 1833 - 782 Seiten
...freedom of speech and debate in parliament ought not to be impeached, or questioned elsewhere; and that excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel or unusual punishments inflicted. Whenever, then, a general power exists, or is granted to a... | |
| New York (State). Legislature. Assembly - 1833 - 636 Seiten
...account of public danger, the Congress shall suspend the privilege of the writ of Habeas Corpus. That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel or unusual punishments inflicted. That (except in the government of the land and naval forces,... | |
| Virginia - 1833 - 604 Seiten
...man be deprived of his liberty except by the law of the land, or the judgment of his peers. 9. That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. 10. That general warrants, whereby an officer or messenger... | |
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