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...a quarrell which a Gentleman had with another, who in very truth had some prerogative of titles, honours, and alliances above the common sort of Nob... ... and alliances above the common sort of Nobilitie; upon which word of his prerogative, every one seeking to equall himselfe unto him, alleaged, some... ...ied before one: Some particular place to sit in in common assemblies; the prerogatives of certaine surnames and titles, and proper additions in armes... ... creatures of his ranke are, he is subjected in like bond, and without any prerogative or essentiall pre-excellencie; and what ever privilege he assu... ...mane actions, I would faine know if we will use it for an argument of some prerogative, or otherwise for a testimonie of our imbecilitie and imperfec... ... e advocate. -- ARIOSTO, cant. xiv. stan. 84. Their hands and bosoms with writs and citations, With papers, libels, proxies, full they beare, And b...

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...e said to belong more properly to jurisprudence. 134 Democracy in America Prerogative of the Federal Government Power of declaring war, making peace,... ...n – Few ships – The President has no opportunity of exercis- ing his great prerogatives – In the prerogatives he exercises he is weak. If the executiv... ...n. The President of the United States is in the possession of almost royal prerogatives, which he has no opportunity of exercising; and those privileg... ...Dangers of the elective system increase in proportion to the extent of the prerogative – This system possible in America because no powerful executive... ... circumscribe its sphere of action be- forehand, gradually to diminish its prerogatives, and to accus- tom the people to live without its protection. ... ...Representation from any State, the Executive Authority thereof shall issue Writs of Election to fill such Vacancies. The House of Representatives shal...

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...ded fell dead. By a glance Francesca made herself a princess, with all the prerogatives she might have enjoyed in the Middle Ages. She seemed to have ... ...pends on an election, the period that elapses be- tween the issuing of the writs for convening the electoral bod- ies, and the day fixed for their mee...

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...he Paris theatres, when they horsewhipped the watch and drubbed servers of writs, and played a host of page’s pranks, at which Majesty was wont to smi... ... possessed that uncontrollable appetite for enjoyments which should be the prerogative of men endowed with giant powers; the men who feel the need of ...

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...o extend their authority, he secretly advanced his own, and en- larged the prerogatives of the kings by several liberties which their friendship to hi... ...t, and behaved himself in general very obligingly to him, not claiming any prerogative either in re- spect of his consular rank or seniority; exceptin... ...ld and silver from the war. After this, they brought other accusations and writs against him, for exciting insurrection amongst the allies, and being ...

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...y,” for it is the function of a jury not to deliver judgment (which is the prerogative of *F *F *F *F *Fr r r r rom Chapt om Chapt om Chapt om Chapt o... ...ouble vouch ers, in the procedure of the Courts, the method of bring ing writs and arrests, the nature of actions, the rules of pleading, the law of... ...arriage, in the presumption of legiti macy, in the learning of the law of prerogative, in the in alienable character of the Crown, this mastership a...

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...s unmarried by this time, and we were out of Court, and strolling past the Prerogative Office I submitted that I thought the Prerogative Of- fice rat... ...sy, and which we knew to be quite monstrous. That, perhaps, in short, this Prerogative Office of the diocese of Canterbury was altogether such a pesti... ... rogative Office, the country had been glorious. Insert the wedge into the Prerogative Office, and the country would cease to be glorious. He con- sid... ...le of a gentleman to take things as he found them; and he had no doubt the Prerogative Office would last our time. I de- ferred to his opinion, though... ...g to mention something. David Copperfield Vol. II 137 The judge of the Prerogative Court might have fallen in love with her, to see her fold her l... ...ent, red-tape, dusty wafers, ink-jars, brief and draft paper, law reports, writs, declarations, and bills of costs; seemed almost as pleasantly fancif...

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...d to lessen its authority. He was gradually assuming for that position the prerogatives of a Premier, and men were beginning to talk of Mr. Seward’s m... ...pealed. His prisoners were released. And though it is too much to say that writs of habeas corpus were no longer suspended, the effect and very mean- ...

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...se sequestered nooks are the public offices of the legal profession, where writs are issued, judgments signed, declara tions filed, and numerous othe... ...; so he solic ited a private audience, and told his father. ‘it is an old prerogative of kings to govern everything but their passions. King Lud flew...

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...any faculty or science whatsoever, that hath such virtues, properties, and prerogatives, and I will be content to pay you a quart of tripes. No, my ma... ...e. T o this effect they delivered into his hands the bags wherein were the writs and pancarts con- cerning that suit, which for bulk and weight were a... ...rs, exceptions, depositions, and other such diableries of truth-entangling writs, were but engines wherewith to over- throw justice and unnecessarily ... ...ll upon the pot, but des- patch, both on foot and horseback, leaden-sealed writs or letters, to wit, papal commissions commonly called bulls, to stop ... ... they could. The man, then, that he might maintain his primitive right and prerogative, and continue his sway and dominion over all, both vegetable an... ... through a great many other herbs or plants. T ruly, in ancient times this prerogative of imposing the inventor’s name upon an herb found out by him w... ...or any other sort of meal whatsoever. Without it, how could the papers and writs of lawyers’ clients be brought to the bar? Solemn is the mortar, lime... ...s large greasy spatterdashes, his jaded hollow-flanked mare, his bagful of writs and informations dangling at his girdle, but, above all, by the large...