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War
War. The sovereign has the sole prerogative of making war or peace. Where war actually prevails, the ordinary courts have no jurisdiction over the action
Prerogative of mercy
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of the Crown or Government, or of those of whom it had the custody by virtue of its prerogative (such as idiots and lunatics), or whose rights are under its particular protection (such as the objects of … and correct state of the law derived from relevant judicial decisions either of the income-tax authorities or other courts of law which decide income-tax matter. Whether the ground on which the original assessment is based is held
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Revenue
Woods and Forests and miscellaneous holdings such as shares in the Suez Canal, and other profits or fiscal prerogatives of the Crown. See Halsb. Encycl. Laws of England, tit. 'Revenue'; Chitty's Statutes, tits. 'Customs,' 'Property Tax,' 'Death … tits. 'Customs,' 'Property Tax,' 'Death Duties,' 'Stamps,' and 'Revenue.' Revenue causes were peculiarly within the province of the court of Exchequer; the practice of which Court in matters of revenue was regulated by the Queen's Remembrancer Act,
Act of State
used to designate immunities and prohibitions sometimes created by statutes. The term is also extended to include certain prerogatives and special immunities enjoyed by the sovereign and its agents in the business of internal government. the term … is even used to indicate all acts into which, by reason that they are official in character, the Courts may not inquire, or in respect of which an official declaration, is bindings on the Courts, State of
Letters of safe-conduct
being the best judge of such emergencies as may deserve exemption from the general law of arms, Chitty's Prerogatives of the Crown, p. 48, and Vattel by Chit. 416. But passports or licences from our ambassadors abroad … abroad are now more usually obtained, and are allowed to be of equal validity; see ALIEN ENEMY.Where the court has made an order for attachment or forfeiture of any property under sub-sec. (1), and such property is
Habeas corpus ad subjiciendum
Habeas corpus ad subjiciendum (that you have the body to answer). This, the most celebrated prerogative writ in the English law, is a remedy for a person deprived of his liberty. It is addressed … (25 & 26 Vict. c. 20), no writ of habeas corpus shall issue out of any of the courts in England into any colony or foreign dominion of the Crown where his Majesty has a lawfully established
Magna Carta
of enforcing Crown debts from debtors and their sureties appears to be clear and satisfactory. It is the prerogative of the Crown to claim priority for taxes and penalties before all other creditors, and to recover by … Pleas shall not follow our Court, but shall be holden in some place certain.' See COMMON PLEAS; ROYAL COURTS. The 12th chapter relates to assizes, and provides that:-'Assizes of novel disseisin and of mortdauncestor shall not be
Corporation or body politic
created for many temporal purposes, and eleemosynary, to perpetuate founders' charities. It is by virtue of the sovereign's prerogative exercised by a charter, or of an Act of Parliament, or of prescription, that the artificial personage called … the king (who is the fundator incipiens of all), represented in the King's Bench Division of the High Court: the eleemsoynary, by the endower (who is the fundator perficines of such), or by his heirs or assigns.
star chamber
court abolished in 1641 that exercised wide civil and criminal jurisdiction under rules of procedure suited to the prerogatives of the king and that was marked by secrecy, the absence of juries, self-incrimination, and an inquisitorial as … star chamber 1 cap S&C : an old English court abolished in 1641 that exercised wide civil and criminal jurisdiction under rules of procedure suited to the prerogatives
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