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The History of England: From the Revolution in 1688, to the Death of George ... - Page 383
by Tobias Smollett - 1822
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History of England: From the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of ..., Volume 1

Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1853 - 432 pages
...tenements, or hereditaments, from the Crown to himself, or to any other or others in trust for him.—6. That no person who has an office or place of profit...pension from the Crown, shall be capable of serving as a member of the House of Commons. — 7. That after the said limitation shall take effect as aforesaid,...
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The English Constitution

Eduard Fischel - 1853 - 620 pages
...to be a gross breach of privilege. By the Act of Settlement, 12 & 13 Will. III. c. 2, it was enacted that no person who has an office or place of profit...pension from the crown, shall be capable of serving as a member of the house of commons. f As a result of this clause, no minister could have a seat in the...
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The Rise and Progress of the English Constitution

Edward Shepherd Creasy - 1853 - 364 pages
...tenements, or hereditaments, from the Crown, to himself, or to any other or others in trust for him. 6. That no person who has an office or place of profit...pension from the Crown, shall be capable of serving as a member of the House of Commons. 7. That, after the said limitation shall take effect as aforesaid,...
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The Constitutional History of England from the Accession of Henry VII to the ...

Henry Hallam - 1854 - 480 pages
...have any grant of lands, tenements, or hereditaments, from the crown, to himself, or to any other or others in trust for him. That no person who has an...king, or receives a pension from the crown, shall be ca- \ pable of serving as a member of the house of commons. That, after the said limitation shall take...
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The Rise and Progress of The English COnstitiution

E. S. Creasy - 1854 - 468 pages
...tenements, or hereditaments, from the Crown, to himself, or to any other or others in trust for him. the King, or receives a pension from the Crown, shall be capable of serving as a member of the House of Commons. 7. That, after the said limitation shall take effect as aforesaid,...
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Essays on the Principles of Morality, and on the Private and Political ...

Jonathan Dymond - 1855 - 440 pages
...sacrifice the interests of the public to their own. By the act of settlement indeed it was provided " That no person who has an office or place of profit...capable of serving as member of the House of Commons." The spirit of this provision is practically snperseded, though its letter so far operates that a king's...
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The Rise and Progress of the English Constitution

Edward Shepherd Creasy - 1856 - 404 pages
...tenements, or hereditaments, from the Crown, to himself, or to any other or others in trust for him. 6. That no person who has an office or place of profit...receives a pension from the Crown, shall be capable of sorving aa a member of the House of Commons. 7. That, aftor the said limitation shall take effect as...
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A Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs: From September 1678 ..., Volume 5

Narcissus Luttrell - 1857 - 646 pages
...the Mediterranean. In the act past last session for limitation of the crown, pag. 1 4, is a clause, That no person who has an office or place of profit...under the king, or receives a pension from the crown, shal be capable of serving as a member of the house of commons ; and the words (that after the said...
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A Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs: From September 1678 ..., Volume 5

Narcissus Luttrell - 1857 - 640 pages
...the Mediterranean. In the act past last session for limitation of the crown, pag. 14, is a clause, That no person who has an office or place of profit...under the king, or receives a pension from the crown, shal be capable of serving as a member of the house of commons ; and the words (that after the said...
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A Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs: From September 1678 ..., Volume 5

Narcissus Luttrell - 1857 - 644 pages
...the Mediterranean. In the act past last session for limitation of the crown, pag. 14, is a clause, That no person who has an office or place of profit...under the king, or receives a pension from the crown, shal be capable of serving as a member of the house of commons ; and the words (that after the said...
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