| Paul Leicester Ford - Constitution - 1888 - 474 pages
...bill of rights at the revolution, " That the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with the consent of Parliament, is against law; " but no attempt was made, or I dare say even thought of, to restrain the Parliament from exercise... | |
| Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1902 - 1008 pages
...that the preamble states that— " Whereas the raising or keeping of a Standing Army within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in time of peace,...against law : and whereas it is adjudged necessary for Kis Majesty ami this present Parliament that a body of forces should be continued for the safety... | |
| Armies - 1892 - 460 pages
...of peace, unless with the consent of Parliament, is against law." It then recorded the decision of Parliament, " that a body of forces should be continued for the safety of the empire and the preservation of the balance of power in Europe." This policy of the " balance of power... | |
| 1893 - 906 pages
...standing army within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in time of peace, unless it bo with the consent of Parliament, is against law : And...be continued for the safety of the United Kingdom and the defence of the possessions of Her Majesty's Grown, and that the whole number of snch forces... | |
| William Howley Goodenough, James Cecil Dalton - Great Britain - 1893 - 662 pages
...life. The Act opens with the words, " whereas the raising or keeping a standing army within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in time of peace,...with the consent of Parliament, is against law ;" and it goes on to specify the number of men authorized to be maintained. This modus rircndi is the outcome... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1894 - 850 pages
...the Army. [23rd April 1894.] WiiEitE,\s the raising or keeping of a standing army within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in time of peace,...be continued for the safety of the United Kingdom and the defence of the possessions of Her Majesty's Crown, and that the whole number of such forces... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1901 - 412 pages
...of the Army. [29th April 1901.] WHEHEAS the raising or keeping of a standing army within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in time of peace,...against law : And whereas it is adjudged necessary by His Majesty and this present Parliament, that a body of forces should be continued for the safety of... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1912 - 594 pages
...Parliament, is against law : And whereas it is adjudged necessary by His Majesty and this present ParHament that a body of forces should be continued for the safety of the United Kingdom and the defence 26 Army (Annual) Act, 1912. 2 GEO. 5. 44 & 46 Viet, с. 58. Short title. of the possessions... | |
| Nineteenth century - 1915 - 756 pages
...to the Army Annual Act, that ' the raising or keeping of a standing army within the United Kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with the consent of Parliament, is against law." Observe that the Act says the United Kingdom ; it says nothing about the Dominions overseas. Of that... | |
| Edmund Burke - History - 1879 - 738 pages
...Rights, passed in 1689, declares that " the raising or keeping of a Standing Army within the Kingdom, in time of peace, unless it be with the consent of Parliament, is against the law." From 1732 to 1866, with rare exceptions, the forces sanctioned in the Mutiny Acts were always... | |
| |