 | Frederic William Maitland - 1911 - 584 sidor
...conclusion that it had acted illegally, and in 1782 the resolution of 1769 was expunged from the journals as subversive of the rights of the whole body of electors of this kingdom. We may take it then as certain that the House has no power to declare a man ineligible. Without being... | |
 | Ghita Stanhope, George Peabody Gooch - 1914 - 320 sidor
...Wilkes introduced for the sixth time his motion to rescind the resolution relating to his expulsion, 'as being subversive of the rights of the whole body of electors.' It was opposed by Fox and Dundas, but supported by Mahon and carried by 115 to 47 ; and by order of... | |
 | Ghita Stanhope, George Peabody Gooch - 1914 - 338 sidor
...Wilkes introduced for the sixth time his motion to rescind the resolution relating to his expulsion, 'as being subversive of the rights of the whole body of electors.' It was opposed by Fox and Dundas, but supported by Mahon and carried by 115 to 47 ; and by order of... | |
 | Sir William Purdie Treloar (bart.) - 1917 - 370 sidor
...to be elected a Member to serve in the said Parliament, be expunged from the Journals of this House, as being subversive of the Rights of the whole Body of Electors of this Kingdom. And the same were expunged, by the Clerk at the Table, accordingly. CHAPTER XIV PERSONAL AND CITY FINANCE... | |
 | Thomas Erskine May - 1917 - 960 sidor
...1782, the resolution of the 17th February, 1769, was ordered to be expunged from the journals, as " subversive of the rights of the whole body of electors of this kingdom." In 1882, Mr. Bradlaugh, having been expelled, was immediately returned by the electors of Northampton... | |
 | 1919 - 830 sidor
...elected to the house in 1774 and was admitted. In 1782 the house declared void his earlier expulsion as being " subversive of the rights of the whole body of electors." To this day the resolution 1782 stands as a warning against abuse of power by a vindictive body, and... | |
 | Robert Luce - 1922 - 658 sidor
...to serve in the present Parliament." Forthwith it was moved that this be expunged from the Journals, "as being subversive of the rights of the whole body of electors of this Kingdom." A resolution to that effect was introduced every year until 1782, and then passed by a vote of nearly... | |
 | George Otto Trevelyan - 1911 - 540 sidor
...clerk to remove from its records all traces whatsoever of its own arbitrary proceedings in the past, " as being subversive of the rights of the whole body of electors of this kingdom." Historians have been blamed for giving too much of their space to Wilkes, and to the cause which he... | |
 | Charles Austin Beard - 1924 - 832 sidor
...seat. The previous resolution of the Commons declaring tin ineligible was struck from the records " as being subversive of the rights of the whole body of electors of this kingdom." May, Constitutional History of England, Vol. I, pp. 310 ff. ; Chaffee, Freedom of Stuch. The Supreme... | |
 | Robert Luce - 1924 - 718 sidor
...declarations, orders, and resolutions regarding the Middlesex election expunged from the Journals, as being subversive of the rights of the whole body of electors. This memorable contest brought a great boon to the cause of freedom of speech, but it did not establish... | |
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February, 1769, was ordered to be expunged from the journals as " subversive of the rights of the whole body of electors of this kingdom. 
