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" 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. "
Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books - Page 412
by William Blackstone - 1807
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History of the Counter-revolution in England for the Re-establishment of ...

Armand Carrel, Charles James Fox - 1846 - 498 pages
...subject to petition the king, and all commitments and prosecutions for such petitionings are illegal. 6. That the raising or keeping a standing army within...it be with consent of parliament, is against law. 7. That the subjects which are protestants may have arms for their defence, suitable to their condition,...
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The Constitutional History of England, from the Accession of Henry VII. to ...

Henry Hallam - 1846 - 644 pages
...commitments or prosecutions for such petitions are illegal ; That the raising • Parl. Hist. v. 54. or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time...peace, unless it be with consent of parliament, is illegal ; That the subjects which are protestants may have arms for their defence suitable to their...
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A New Abridgment of the Law with Large Additions and Corrections, Volume 9

Matthew Bacon, Sir Henry Gwilliam, Charles Edward Dodd - 1846 - 708 pages
...1, (the Mutiny Act,) after reciting, that whereas the raising or keeping a standing army within this kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of parliament, is against law: and whereas it is judged necessary by his majesty and this present parliament, that a body of forces...
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Military Miscellany: Comprehending a History of the Recruiting of the Army ...

Henry Marshall - 1846 - 408 pages
...crowned King and Queen of England. The Declaration of Rights to which William and Mary assented, stated, that the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, without the consent of Parliament, is against law. Two Scotch regiments, which were quartered in England,...
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Free Thoughts on Protestant Matters

Tresham Dames Gregg - 1847 - 488 pages
...Protestants, may have arms for their defence, suitable to their conditions, as allowed by law. " 6. That the raising or keeping a standing army within...it be with consent of parliament, is against law. " 8. That election of members of parliament ought to be free. "10. That excessive bail ought not to...
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Crosby's Parliamentary Record of Elections in Great Britain and ..., Volume 1

George Crosby - 1847 - 424 pages
...not to be impeached or questioned in any other place or court out of Parliament. It was also declared that the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with the consent of Parliament, is against law ; and even in time of war, the maintenance of a military...
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The Textbook of the Constitution: Magna Charta, the Petition of Right, and ...

Edward Shepherd Creasy - 1848 - 76 pages
...subjects to petition the king, and all commitments and prosecutions for such petitioning are illegal.* 6. That the raising or keeping a standing army within...it be with consent of parliament, is against law. -1 7. That the subjects which are Protestants, may have arms for their defence suitable to their conditions,...
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The Standard Library Cyclopedia of Political, Constitutional, Statistical ...

1848 - 536 pages
...to be the destruction of the liberties of Englishmen. In the Bill of Rights (J689) it was declared that the raising or keeping a standing army within...it be with consent of parliament, is against law. An army varying in its numbers has ever since been maintained, and is now looked on without apprehension....
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The Textbook of the Constitution: Magna Charta, the Petition of Right, and ...

Edward Shepherd Creasy - 1848 - 82 pages
...subjects to petition the king, and all commitments and prosecutions for such petitioning are illegal.* 6. That the raising or keeping a standing army within...it be with consent of parliament, is against law. 7. That the subjects which are Protestants, may have arms for their defence suitable to their conditions,...
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The Law Students' First Book, Being Chiefly an Abridgment of Blackstone's ...

1848 - 558 pages
...which are now, though only partially, in force (a). It is one of the articles of the Bill of Rights, that the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with the consent of Parliament, is against law ; hut it has for many years past been annually judged necessary...
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