 That the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of Parliament, is against law; That the subjects which are Protestants may have arms for their defence suitable to their conditions and as allowed...  Speeches of Thomas Lord Erskine - Page 283by Thomas Erskine Baron Erskine - 1870Full view - About this book
 | Sir Richard Steele - Booksellers' catalogs - 1715 - 330 pages
...againft Law. * That the Subjects which are Proteftants, ' may have Arms for their Defence fuitable to * their Conditions, and as allowed by Law. ' That Elections of Members ought to befree. ' That the Freedom of Speech and Debates, * or Proceedings in Parliament, ought not... | |
 | History - 1788 - 734 pages
...preiervfltion of the public peace, until the clanger be over: but although bis majefty's Protcftant fubjetts may have arms for their defence Suitable to their conditions, and as allowed by law, yet they cannot by law aflemble in bodies armed, and be muftered and arrayed without the authority... | |
 | Monthly literary register - 1811 - 766 pages
...Mary, st. 2, c. 2,) though it seems now to be limited to Protestant suljects, viz. "That the subject* which are Protestants may have arms for their defence,...suitable to their conditions, and as allowed by law." This lau ter expression, " us allowed by law," respects the limitations in' the abovementioned act... | |
 | Richard Burn - Ecclesiastical law - 1797 - 588 pages
...be with confent of parliament, is againft law. 7< That the lu'ijeds which are protcftants, may bare arms for their defence, Suitable to their conditions, and as allowed by law. 8. That election of members of parliament ought to be free. «_j. That the freedom of Speech, and debates... | |
 | John Cartwright - Bedford, John Russell, 6th Duke of, 1766-1839 - 1805 - 194 pages
...the century, this boasted nutriment of English liberty, was dissolved into a mass of corruption. " The subjects which are protestants, may have " arms...suitable to their conditions, " and as allowed by law. The election of members of " parliament ought to be free ; and for redress of all " grievances, and... | |
 | Great Britain - 1807 - 542 pages
...Prosecutions for such peti" tioning-are illegal. '< VI. That the raising or keeping * " Standing Army within the Kingdom in " time of Peace, unless it be with consent of " Parliament is against law. " VII. That the Subjects which are «' Protestants, may have Arms for their " Defence suitable to their... | |
 | Sir William Blackstone - Law - 1807 - 686 pages
...M*L Dbrr. MM. undv. 33. articles of the bill of rights v, that the raising or keeping a standing army -within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of parliament, is against law. BUT, as the fashion of keeping standing armies (which was first introduced by Charles VII. in France,... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1809 - 700 pages
...commitments and prosecutions for such petitioning, are illegal ; that the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be...parliament, is against law , that the subjects which are pfotestants may have arms* for their defence, suitable to their conditions, and as allowed by law :... | |
 | Sir Michael Foster - Accomplices - 1809 - 504 pages
...rights and liberties of the subject, and settling the succession of the crown, 1 W. & M. scss. 2, c. 2. "The subjects which are Protestants may have arms...suitable to their conditions, and as allowed by law." A claim of this kind made upon so great an occasion cannot be supposed to have been given up by any... | |
 | William Cobbett - Great Britain - 1809 - 860 pages
...Commitments and Prosecutions for such petitioning, are illegal : That the raising or keeping a Standing-Army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of parliament, is agaiasUaw -. That the subjects, which are Protestants, may have Arms for their Defence suitable to... | |
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