 | 1766 - 520 Seiten
...government, from whence arife the king's duties, which make the fubjeft of our author's next examination. " The principal duty of the king is to govern his people according to law V The reft of his duties arc comprehended in the coronation oath, which Mr. Blackftone has here recited... | |
 | 1770 - 366 Seiten
...of Englifh parents, even tho' naturalized by parliament is capable of being one of theprivy council. The principal duty of the king is, to govern his people according to law ; to execute juftice, in mercy, and to maintain the eftablifhed religion. The prerogatives of the crown... | |
 | 1791 - 568 Seiten
...may diflblve it, or difcharge any particular member whenever he thinks proper. 4. THE KING'S DUTIES. The principal duty of the King is to govern his people according to law; for by 12. fg* 13. Will. 3. c. 2. the laws of England are the birth-right of the people ; and all the... | |
 | Sir William Blackstone - 1791 - 516 Seiten
...muft now entirely ceafe ; efpccially with regard to every prince, who hath reigned dice Ae year 1688. THE principal duty of the king is, to govern his people according to law. Nee regibus infiiiita out libera potcflas, was the conftitution of our German anceftors on the continent... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1793 - 686 Seiten
...now entirely ceafe ; efpecialIy with regard to every prince, who hath reigned fincc the year 1688. THE principal duty of the king is, to govern his people according to law. Nee rcgibus infinita aut libera patejlas, was the conftitution of our German anceftors on the continent... | |
 | Sir William Blackstone - 1807 - 686 Seiten
...now entirely cease ; especially with regard to every prince, who hath reigned since the year 1688. THE principal duty of the king is to govern his people according to law. JVec regibus infinita out libera fiotcstas, was the constitution of our German ancestors on the continent... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 734 Seiten
...must now entirely cease ; especially with regard to every prince who hath reigned since the year 1688. The principal duty of the King is to govern his people according to law. Anü this is not only consonant to the principles of nature, reason, liberty, and society, but has... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 700 Seiten
...must now entirely cease ; especially with regard to every prince who hath reigned since the year 1688. The principal duty of the King is to govern his people according to law. And this is not only consonant to the principles of nature, reason, liberty, and society, but lias... | |
 | John Adolphus - 1818 - 560 Seiten
...incumbent on the king, it being a maxim in the laifr that protection and fubjechon are reciprocal. The principal duty of the king is, to govern his people according to law. Nee regibus iitfinita aut libera poteflaj, was the the conftitution of our German anceftors on the... | |
 | 1825 - 458 Seiten
...anointed with oil, as the priests and kings of Israel were, to intimate that his person is sacred. The principal duty of the king is to govern his people according to law; and these are the terms of the oath administered usually by the Archbishop of Canterbury, at his con... | |
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And this is not only consonant to the principles of nature, of liberty, of reason, and of society, but has always been esteemed an express part of the common law of England, even when prerogative... 
