Parliament is summoned by the writ of the sovereign issued out of Chancery, by advice of the Privy Council, at least thirty-five days previous to its assembling. On a vacancy occurring whilst Parliament is sitting, a writ for the election of a new member... The Statesman's Year-book - Page 189edited by - 1870Full view - About this book
| Marshall Davis Ewell - Law - 1882 - 60 pages
...assembling of parliament. The parliament is regularly to be summoned by the king's writ or letter, issued out of chancery by advice of the privy council, at least forty [now thirty-five] days before it begins to sit. [150] It is a branch of the royal prerogative... | |
| Political science - 1883 - 856 pages
...save on the demise of a sovereign, can assemble of its own acconl. Parliament is summoned by the writ of the sovereign issued out of Chancery, by advice of the privy council, at least thirty-five dayprevious to its assembling. On a vacancy occurring whilst Parliament is sitting, a writ for the... | |
| Boston (Mass.) - 1883 - 340 pages
...right of meeting for legislative purposes of its own accord; and the writ of the sovereign must be issued out of chancery, by advice of the privy council, at least thirty-five days previous to the appointed day for the meeting. It is also compulsory for the Crown to summon Parliament annually,... | |
| Frederick Martin, Sir John Scott Keltie, Isaac Parker Anderson Renwick, Mortimer Epstein, Sigfrid Henry Steinberg, John Paxton, Brian Hunter - Economic geography - 1885 - 992 pages
...save on the demise of a sovereign, can assemble of its own accord. Parliament is summoned by the writ of the sovereign, issued out of Chancery, by advice...the writ is issued at the instance of the Speaker. As the Army Bill and the Supplies are only granted for a year, the Crown, since the Eevolution, is... | |
| William Blackstone (Sir) - Great Britain - 1897 - 838 pages
...Manner and Time of Assembling. The parliament is regularly to be summoned by the king's writ or letter, issued out of chancery, by advice of the privy council, at least forty days before the session. It can never be convened by its own authority. If it could meet spontaneously,... | |
| William Blackstone, William Cyrus Sprague - Law - 1899 - 570 pages
...manner and time of assembling. The parliament is regularly to be summoned by the king's writ or letter, issued out of chancery by advice of the privy council, at least forty days before it begins to sit. It is a branch of the royal prerogative, that no parliament can... | |
| Henry Woldmar Ruoff - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1900 - 770 pages
...of the British Empire is by its Constitution given to Parliament. Parliament is summoned by the writ of the sovereign issued out of Chancery, by advice...previous to its assembling. On a vacancy occurring in the House of Commons whilst Parliament is sitting, a writ for the election of a new member is issued... | |
| Henry Woldmar Ruoff - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1900 - 708 pages
...of the British Empire is by its Constitution given to Parliament. Parliament is summoned by the writ of the sovereign issued out of Chancery, by advice...least thirty-five days previous to its assembling. On n vacancy occurring in the House of Commons whilst Parliament is sitting, n -writ for the election... | |
| Henry Woldmar Ruoff - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1905 - 742 pages
...vacancy occurring in the House of Commons whilst Parliament is sitting, a writ for the election of a ne x member is issued upon motion in the House. If the...the writ is issued at the instance of the Speaker. It has become customary of late for Parliaments to meet in annual session extending from the middle... | |
| Charles Edward Traquair Stuart-Linton - British Empire Politics and government - 1912 - 260 pages
...session shall be null and void. MODE OF SUMMONING PARLIAMENT. Parliament shall be summoned by the writ of the Sovereign, issued out of Chancery, by advice of the Privy Council, at least forty-five days previous to it's assembling. The Sovereign is the head of Parliament ; he alone shall... | |
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