 | Arthur Bailey Thompson - Great Britain - 1865 - 748 pages
...subjects to petition the King, and all commitments or prosecutions for such petitions are illegal. "VI. That the raising, or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with the consent of Parliament, is against law. " VII. That the subjects which are Protestants may have... | |
 | William Edensor Littlewood - 1865 - 180 pages
...the Mutiny Act, by which this is effected, states that " the keeping of a Standing Army within this kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of parliament, is against law." Since 1800, the average strength of the British army has been nearly 160,000 men. In 1815, the numbers... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, John Francis Waller - Castaways - 1865 - 414 pages
...memorable Bill of Rights declares "that the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in times of peace, unless it be with consent of Parliament, is against law ;" and the power of maintaining it is granted only by the legislature from year to year, by the re-enactment... | |
 | James T. Boulton - Literary Collections - 1975 - 304 pages
...King, and whichhe Swore to observe, as the Pacta Conventa of the Kingdom, it is declar'd, in hoc verba. That the Raising or Keeping a Standing Army within the Kingdom in time of Peace, unless it be by Consent oj Parliament, is against Law. This plainly lays the whole stress of the thing, not against... | |
 | Civil rights - 1982 - 204 pages
...important military posts. The parallel sections of the declaration of rights part of the statute arc: 5. That the raising or keeping a Standing Army within the Kingdom in Time of Peace unless it be with the Consent of Parliament is against Law. 6. That the Subjects which arc Protestants may have Arms... | |
 | John Phillip Reid - Law - 2003 - 398 pages
...than was the related provision in the English "Declaration of Rights." England's Declaration provided "That the raising or keeping a standing army within...it be with consent of Parliament, is against Law." The Scottish Declarations said "That the sending of an army, in a hostile manner, upon any part of... | |
 | J. C. D. Clark - History - 1986 - 200 pages
...debt yielded sums beyond the wildest dreams of Charles I or James II. The Bill of Rights prohibited 'the raising or keeping a standing army within the...of peace unless it be with consent of Parliament': only a substantial and professionalised standing army, rubber-stamped by Whig parliamentary majorities,... | |
 | Theodore Dreiser - Fiction - 1987 - 1168 pages
...subduing the liberties of the people, it was made an article of the Bill of Rights at the Revolution, "That the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with the consent of Parliament, is against law;" but no attempt was made, or I dare say, ever thought of,... | |
 | J. R. Broome - Anglican Communion - 1988 - 62 pages
...to petition the King, and that all commitments or prosecutions for such petitions are illegal, (f) That the raising or keeping a standing Army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with the consent of Parliament, is illegal, (g) That the subjects which are Protestants may have arms for... | |
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That the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of parliament, is against law. 
