 England the sovereign power, quoad hoc, is vested in the person of the king. Whatever contracts, therefore, he engages in, no other power in the kingdom can legally delay, resist, or annul.  A Series of Letters from London: Written During the Years 1856, '57, '58 ... - Page 206by George Mifflin Dallas, Julia Dallas - 1869 - 481 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Sir William Blackstone - Law - 1807 - 686 pages
...sovereign power, quoad hoc, is vested in the person of the king. What? ever contracts therefore he engages in, no other power in the kingdom can legally delay, resist, or annul. And yet, lest this plenitude of authority should be abused to the detriment of the public, the constitution... | |
 | Sir William BLACKSTONE, Vincent WANOSTROCHT - Constitutional law - 1823 - 872 pages
...sovereign power, quoad hoc, is vested in the person of the king. Whatever contracts, therefore, he engages in, no other power in the kingdom can legally delay, resist, or annul. And yet, lest this plenitude of authority should be abused to the detriment of the. public, the constitution... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 872 pages
...power, quoad hoc, is vested ¡в the person of the king. Whatever contracts, therefore^ he engages in, no other power in the kingdom can legally delay, resist, or annul. And yet, lest this plenitude of authority should be abused to the detriment of the public, the constitution... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1825 - 572 pages
...sovereign power, quoad hoc, is vested in the person of the king. Whatever contracts therefore he engages in, no other power in the kingdom can legally delay, resist, or annul. And yet, lest. this plenitude of authority should be abused to the detriment of the public, the constitution... | |
 | Sir William Blackstone - Law - 1825 - 660 pages
...sovereign power, quoad hoc, is vested in the person of the king. Whatever contracts therefore he engages in, no other power in the kingdom can legally delay, resist, or annul. And yet, lest this plenitude of authority should be abused to the detriment of the public, the constitution... | |
 | Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1827 - 528 pages
...sovereign power quo ad hoc is vested in the person of the king. Whatever contracts, therefore, he engages in, no other power in the kingdom can legally delay, resist, or annul. And yet, lest this plenitude of authority should be abused to the detriment of the public, the constitution,... | |
 | Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1827 - 528 pages
...sovereign power quo ad hoc is vested in the person of the king. Whatever contracts, therefore, he engages in, no other power in the kingdom can legally delay, resist, or annul. And yet, lest this plenitude of authority should be abused to the detriment of the public, the constitution,... | |
 | Jonathan Elliot, United States. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1836 - 692 pages
...sovereign power, quoad hoc, is vested in the person of the king. Whatever contracts, therefore, he engages in, no other power in the kingdom can legally delay, resist, or annul." A further proof, says Mr. Nicholas, that there is no limitation in this respect, is afforded by what... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1836 - 694 pages
...sovereign power, quoad hoc, is vested in the person of the king. Whatever contracts therefore he engages in, no other power in the kingdom can legally delay, resist, or annul. And yet, lest this plenitude of authority should be abused to the detriment of the public, the constitution... | |
 | Jonathan Elliot - United States - 1836 - 680 pages
...king's prerogative to make treaties, leagues, and alliances, with foreign states and princes, and that no other power in the kingdom can legally delay, resist, or annul them."(^ If treaties entered into by Congress are not to be held in the same sacred light in America,... | |
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