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Presentation
elder right prevails. If a bishop die, a church being vacant in his lifetime, the Crown exercises its prerogative to present, Co. Litt. 388 a. Joint-tenants and tenants in common should present jointly; and if co-parceners cannot
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
Majestas
'crimen majestatis' was used, the complete expression was crimen l's' majestatis. Majestas, The majesty, sovereign authority, or supreme prerogative of the State or sovereign; supreme power of the people, especially as represented by their highest representative, Black's
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Mandamus
Mandamus [we command). (1) A high prerogative writ of a most extensive remedial nature. In form it is a command issuing in the King's name
Mandate
The granting of royal mandates to judges for interfering in private causes constituted a branch of the royal prerogative, which was given up by Edward I. And 1 W. & M. st. 2, c. 2, declares that
Monopoly
The grievance became so insupportable that, notwithstanding the power of granting monopolies was a valuable part of the prerogative, they were abolished in 1623 by the Statute of Monopolies, 21 Jac. 1, c. 3, which declared all
Non-obstante
Parliament, could not be done without such licence, Plowd. 501. But the doctrine of non-obstante, which sets the prerogative above the law, was effectually demolished by the Bill of Rights at the Revolution of 1688, which enacts
Option
Option. 1. When a new suffragan bishop is consecrated by the archbishop of the province, by a customary prerogative, the archbishop claims the collation of the first vacant dignity or benefice in that see, at his own
Petition of Right
their just rights and liberties, the preservation whereof he holds himself in conscience obliged as of his own prerogative.' This answer being rejected as un-satisfactory, the king at last pronounced the formal words of unqualified assent, Soit
Weights and measures
deceit and imposition. See AVOIRDUPOIS; TROY WEIGHT; and METRIC SYSTEM. The adjustment of weights and measures is a prerogative of the Crown, and has from an early date been regulated by statute-the Weights and Measures Act, 1878.
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