| Edmund Bohun - Great Britain - 1689 - 190 pages
...Fines impofed,nor cruel and unufual punifhments inflicted. That the freedom of Speech, and Debates, or Proceedings in Parliament, ought not to be impeached or queftioned in any Court or Place out ot' Parliament. That Jurors ought to be duly Impannsl'd and return'd,and Jurors which pafs upon men... | |
| Sir Richard Steele - Booksellers' catalogs - 1715 - 330 pages
...by Law. ' That Elections of Members ought to befree. ' That the Freedom of Speech and Debates, * or Proceedings in Parliament, ought not to * be impeached or queftioned in any Court or * Place out of Parliament. ' That exceffive Bail ought not to be requi« red, nor exceffive Fines impofed, nor cruel... | |
| Thomas Salmon - 1734 - 488 pages
...the Eledions of Members of Par* liament, ought to be free. * That the Freedom of Speech, or De* bates and Proceedings in Parliament, ought * not to be impeached, or queftioned in any * Court, or Place out of Parliament. ' That exceflive Bail ought not to be re* quired, nor exceffive Fines impofed, nor * cruel... | |
| English literature - 1768 - 750 pages
...flatute i° W. Se M. ft. а. с. я. as one of the liberties of the people, " That the freedom of fpeech, and debates, and proceedings in parliament, ought...impeached or queftioned in any court or place out of parliament." And this freedom of fpeech is particularly demanded of the King in perfon, by the Speaker... | |
| Algernon Sidney - Monarchy - 1744 - 374 pages
...Elections of Members of Parliament ought to be tree." 7. '• That the Freedom of Speech and Debates or Proceedings in Parliament ought not to be impeached or queftioned in any Court or Place out of Parliament. 8. " That exceffive Bail ought not to be requir'd, nor exceffive Fines impoled, nor cruel... | |
| Voyages and travels - 1767 - 542 pages
...liberties of the people, " that the freedom of " fpeech, and debates, and proceedings in parlia•* ment, ought not to be impeached or queftioned in ** any court or place out of parliament." And this freedom of fpeech is particularly demanded of the king in perfon, by tht fpeaker... | |
| Samuel Johnson - Constitutional history - 1769 - 334 pages
...ele&ion of members of parlia** ment ought to be free. " IX. THAT the freedom of fpeech, and de" bates or proceedings in parliament, ought not " to be impeached or queftioned, in any court or " place out of parliament. " X. THAT exceflive bail ought not to be re" quired, nor exceffive fines impofed, nor cruel... | |
| William Blackstone - Great Britain - 1771 - 506 pages
...ftatute I W. £: M. ft. 2. c. 2. as one of the liberties of the people, " that the freedom *' of fpeech, and debates, and proceedings in parliament, ought...impeached or queftioned in any court or place out " of parliament." And this freedom of fpeech is particularly demanded of the king in perfon, by the fpeaker... | |
| Charles Henry Wilson (of Dublin.) - 1782 - 472 pages
...elections of member of parliament' ought to be free. VII. That the freedom of fpeech, and debates on proceedings in parliament, ought not to be impeached, or queftioned, in any place out of parliament. VIII. That juries ought to be duly impannelled and returned ; and jurors which... | |
| Jean Louis de Lolme - 1784 - 564 pages
...according to law, he may obey without fear the dictates of public virtue. Lastly, what crowns all these precautions is, its being a fundamental maxim, " That...proceedings in " parliament, ought not to be impeached or " questioned *n any court or place out of " parliament ." • The legislators, on the other hand, have... | |
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