This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1828 edition. Excerpt: ... noble, possess only by courtesy; these are the sons of Dukes and Marquesses, and the eldest sons of Earls, if their fathers have no second title, for then they adopt that in the same manner as the heirs of the two higher titles. The House of Lords constitutes one of the three estates of the kingdom, ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1828 edition. Excerpt: ... noble, possess only by courtesy; these are the sons of Dukes and Marquesses, and the eldest sons of Earls, if their fathers have no second title, for then they adopt that in the same manner as the heirs of the two higher titles. The House of Lords constitutes one of the three estates of the kingdom, and is divided into Lords Spiritual and Temporal; a distinction which has no place in their legislative acts, as they form together but one body, and vote in the same manner; and an act would not be defective because the majority that sanctioned it was composed entirely of Spiritual Lords, or because they were all found in the minority: several instances of the latter circumstance have occurred, but none of the former. All acts relating to the privileges of peers, originate in their own assembly, and cannot be altered by the Commons. It is the peculiar privilege of a peer to vote, if he chooses it, without being present, by deputing another peer to declare his sentiments. He has also the power of recording his dissent from any act that passes, by entering a protest against it on the journals of the house. They are attended, when sitting, by the judges, not with the power of voting, but only for the purpose of affording such information as their knowledge of the law enables them to afford. The secretaries of state, attorney-general, and serjeants-at-law, likewise receive summonses to attend, but as they generally form part of the lower house, their service is dispensed with by the upper. A very curious privilege of ancient date, and certainly more suitable to ancient than modern times, was confirmed to them in the ninth year of the reign of Henry III.: this is, that any Lord, spiritual or temporal, upon being summoned to Parliament, either in...
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