...principle in the English law, that an act of parliament, delivered in clear and intelligible terms, cannot be questioned, or its authority controlled in any court of justice. "It is," says Sir William Blackstone, "the exercise of the highest authority that the kingdom acknowledges...

...principle in the English law, that an act of the legislature, delivered in clear and intelligible terms, cannot be questioned, or its authority controlled in any court of justice. But this principle does not prevail in the United States; though, if there be no constitutional objection...

...Legislative bodies differ from the English Parliament, an act of which, ill terms being explicit, and its meaning plain, cannot be questioned or its authority controlled, in any Court of Justice. This doctrine even in England has met resistance. Under the despotism of the Tudors, Coke had the boldness...

...learned and distinguished writer, in his late able work on " Statutes," sums up the matter thus : " The general and received doctrine certainly is, that...its authority controlled in any Court of Justice," and "where the meaning is plain, to regard consequences. in the interpretation, would be assuming legislative...

...principle in the English law, that an act of parliament, delivered in clear and intelligible terms, cannot be questioned, or its authority controlled, in any court of justice. ^'It is," says Sir William Blackstone, "the exercise of the highest authority that the kingdom acknowledges...

...have attempted to question the supremacy of Parliament. Mr. Dwarris, himself, closes by saying, § " The general and received doctrine certainly is, that...its authority controlled in any court of justice." In the recent discussion which took place in the English courts, on the subject of the privilege of...

...principle in the English law, that on act of parliament, delivered iu clenr »tul intelligible terms, cannot be questioned, or its authority controlled in any court of justice. A statute begins to operate from the timo that it receiver the royal assent, unless some other time...

...an Act of Parliament, it is good to construe it according to the reason of the common law.2 1521. " The general, and received doctrine certainly is, that...questioned, or its authority controlled, in any court of justice."8 1522. " In this country, a disposition has been manifested — and by high authority —...

...on " the ground of such consequences being unforeseen, which can" not be denied to be reasonable. " The general and received doctrine certainly is, that...its authority controlled, in any "court of justice. Yet Sir Edward Coke, manfully, if not con" vincingly, defended his opinion before the Council, and...

...applicable in Great Britain in respect of legislative Acts, also govern here. Dwarris, at page 647, says " the general and received doctrine certainly is, that...meaning plain, cannot be questioned, or its authority contradicted in any court of justice." Even in the United States, where the Constitution has given...