...provinces have expressed their desire to be federally united into one dominion under the crown of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, with...similar in principle to that of the United Kingdom, may be taken to refer to the principle of the parliamentary responsibility of ministers. The wording...

...Brunswick have expressed their desire to be federally united into one Dominion under the crown of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, with...provinces, and promote the interests of the British Empire; " Be it therefore enacted," etc. The Act closes with the following form of the oath of allegiance:...

...(1898) AC 700; 67 LJPC 90. THE BNA ACT— PREAMBLE. united into one Dominion under the Crown of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, with...Provinces and promote the interests of the British Empire : London to revision by the delegates from the various provinces, renders them still more unreliable...

...word " Dominion " to describe the federation, the recital in the preamble that the Union should have a " constitution similar in principle to that of the United Kingdom," and the history of the BNA Act.8 But this view has not received support in any judgment of the Privy Council...

...preamble that the then Provinces had expressed their desire to be federally united into one Dominion with a Constitution similar in principle to that of the United Kingdom. In & loose sense the word " federal " may be used, as it is there used, to describe any arrangement...

...gloomy words, Canada and the other provinces of British North America entered into a confederation "with a constitution similar in principle to that of the United Kingdom" — to quote words in the preamble of the Act of Union — and with a parliament of which the House...

...New Brunswick have expressed their desire to be federally united into one dominion under thu Crown of Great Britain and Ireland, with a Constitution similar in principle to that of tlie United Kingdom... » croissait de la province de Manitoba, détachée des immenses territoires...

...Nova Scotia and New Brunswick have expressed their desire to be federally united into one Dominion " with a constitution similar in principle to that of the United Kingdom." This is described by Professor Dicey as "official mendacity." He adds: "If preambles were intended...

..."the desire of the Canadian provinces to be federally united into one Dominion under the crown of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, with...similar in principle to that of the United Kingdom," while the preamble of the Australian constitution contains only a bald statement of an agreement "to...

...statute throws a great deal of light upon it. The provinces of Canada are to be federally united. How? With a constitution similar in principle to that of the United Kingdom, and whatever parliamentary restrictions there are in the United Kingdom, or whatever restrictions the parliament...