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  • Statutory Rules And Orders

    Definition of Statutory Rules And Orders Regulations made by the King in Council, Government Departments, or other authorities pursuant to Acts of Parliament, which regulations have the force of law, usually after having laid on the table of the House of Commons for a prescribed period Browse […]

  • Statutory Rules And Orders

    Definition of Statutory Rules And Orders Regulations made by the King in Council, Government Departments, or other authorities pursuant to Acts of Parliament, which regulations have the force of law, usually after having laid on the table of the House of Commons for a prescribed period Browse […]

  • Standing Orders

    Definition of Standing Orders Rules and forms regulating the procedure of each House of Parliament.Stannaries Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Standing Orders in the Dictionaries, Standing Orders in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse […]

  • Parliament

    Definition of Parliament The sovereign legislative authority for the British Empire ; composed of the King, the House of Lords, and the House of Commons. See Sovereignty Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Parliament in the Dictionaries, Parliament in […]

  • Parliamentary Committees

    Definition of Parliamentary Committees These consist of (1) committees of the whole House, (2) standing or sessional committees, (3) select committees, (4) joint committees.A committee of the whole House, whether in the Lords or the Commons, is really the House of Lords or the House of […]

  • Lex Angliae Sine Parliamento Mutari Non Potest

    Definition of Lex Angliae Sine Parliamento Mutari Non Potest The law of England cannot be changed except by Parliament Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Lex Angliae Sine Parliamento Mutari Non Potest in the Dictionaries, Lex Angliae Sine Parliamento […]

  • Journals Of Parliament

    Definition of Journals Of Parliament The records made in the House of Lords from 1509 and the House of Commons from 1547 of business done, but not of speeches made. The journals of the House of Lords, but not those of the House of Commons, are public records Browse You might be interested in […]

  • Journals Of Parliament

    Definition of Journals Of Parliament The records made in the House of Lords from 1509 and the House of Commons from 1547 of business done, but not of speeches made. The journals of the House of Lords, but not those of the House of Commons, are public records Browse You might be interested in […]

  • Contempt Of Parliament

    Definition of Contempt Of Parliament Whatever obstructs the due course of proceeding of either House of Parliament, or grossly reflects on the character of a member of either House is a breach of privilege,, punishable by commitment. See Sheriff of Middlesex’s Case ; Burdett v. Abbott Browse […]

  • Clerk Of The Parliaments

    Definition of Clerk Of The Parliaments One of the chief officers of the House of Lords. He is appointed by the Crown, by letters patent. On entering office he makes a declaration to make true entries and records of the things done and passed in the Parliaments, and to keep secret all such […]