 | Francis Alexander Durivage - Chronology, Historical - 1841 - 794 pages
...ought to be free : — !). That the freedom of speech, and debates or proceedings in Parliament, oucht not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of parliament : — 10. That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - Forensic orations - 1842 - 540 pages
...courses." Therefore, it was enacted, inter alia, " that the freedom of speech and debate or proceedings in Parliament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Parliament." This became the law of the land, and I say that it is a violation of this law, to call these defendants... | |
 | Thomas Erskine May - Legislative bodies - 1844 - 514 pages
...article of the Bill of Rights it was declared, " that the freedom of speech, and debates or proceedings in Parliament, ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Parliament." s But, although by the ancient custom of Parliament, as well as by the law, a member may not be questioned... | |
 | William Charles Townsend - 1844 - 492 pages
...Major Charta declared' that "the ' Bill of Rights, s. 9. freedom of speech and debates or proceedings in parliament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of parliament." . Having established this safeguard of political discussion, the members of the Lower House lost no... | |
 | Paul Carmichael, Brice Dickson - Law - 1999 - 268 pages
...applies to both Houses of Parliament. This provides that "freedom of speech, and debates or proceedings in Parliament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Parliament". As Sir Elwyn Jones, later Lord Elwyn Jones, told a House of Commons Select Committee in 1971: "[i]t... | |
 | Enid Campbell, H. P. Lee - Law - 2001 - 334 pages
...Australian jurisdictions.63 Article 9 provides that: [T]he freedom of speech and debates or proceedings in Parliament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Parliament. Evidence of proceedings in a parliament, if sought to be adduced to impeach the proceedings to remove... | |
 | David Kelly, Gary Slapper - Law - 1995 - 618 pages
...even of Article 9 of the Bill of Rights 1688: '...the freedom of speech and debates or proceedings in Parliament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Parliament.' In Pepper v Hart (1993) Lord Browne- Wilkinson offered a construction of Article 9 en route to his... | |
 | J. C. D. Clark - Biography & Autobiography - 2002 - 362 pages
...free. That the Freedom of Speech, and Debates and Proceedings in Parliament ought not to be question'd in any Court or Place out of Parliament. That excessive...ought not to be required, nor excessive Fines imposed, nor cruel or unusual Punishments inflicted. That Jurors ought to be duly impanel'd and return'd. and... | |
 | Gregory D. Woods - Criminal justice, Administration of - 2002 - 488 pages
...18 1 Will, and Mary, sess. 2, c. 2 (1 688). "That the freedom of speech and debates or proceedings in parliament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of parliament". Like Magna Carta and habeas corpus, the Bill of Rights of 1688 has been part of the law of New South... | |
 | Hilaire Barnett - Law - 2002 - 1117 pages
...of Members of Parliament ought to be free; Article IX freedom of speech and debates in proceedings in parliament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of parliament; Article X excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual... | |
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That the freedom of speech, and debates or proceedings in Parliament, ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Parliament. 
