liberty of the subject

It reflected contemporary politics in its emphasis on the liberties of the subject.

(7) The present law is a restriction on the liberty of the subject.

Speeches about liberty of the subject.

This matter, involving the liberty of the subject, was, of course, urgent and should have been listed as a matter of urgency.

"I suppose there'll be some damned fuss about it afterwards," he said, "and people will pester us about interfering with the liberty of the subject.

We talk a great deal of religious freedom, of our rights, and the liberty of the subject, but we still deny all liberty to witches.

It is called, "An Act for declaring the rights and liberties of the subject, and for settling the succession of the crown".

The right of assembly, as Professor Dicey puts it, is nothing more than a view taken by the court of the individual liberty of the subject.

The best known example is the relaxation in the binding quality of its own decisions in favour of the liberty of the subject, provided for by Taylor.

The right to petition for a writ of habeas corpus has nonetheless long been celebrated as the most efficient safeguard of the liberty of the subject.

The Petition of Right is a major English constitutional document that sets out specific liberties of the subject that the king is prohibited from infringing.

Marcus Aurelius and Rusticus, standing at the apex of Roman society, proudly claimed to rule in a way that "honors above everything else the liberty of the subject."

But this is the custom: for if the law were to bind down a free and independent citizen to keep his word with the public, what would become of the liberty of the subject?

"It would be a black day for the rule of law and the liberty of the subject," the court ruled, "if ministers were not accountable to the courts for their personal actions."

On 22 April 1628, he was imprisoned by the House of Lords for speaking against liberty of the subject, but was released when he recanted and craved pardon.

The Inspector said that in Holland the liberty of the subject was protected by somewhat similar measures, but in the present instance he was quite certain that they would not be operative.

Gellibrand was a believer in the liberty of the subject, and he was consequently bound to fall foul with a man with the autocratic tendencies of Governor George Arthur.

In each appeal reliance was placed upon a series of cases in which it has been affirmed that where the liberty of the subject is in issue, the proper procedures must be strictly observed.

Bibliotheca politica: or An enquiry into the ancient constitution of the English government; both in respect to the just extent of regal power, and the rights and liberties of the subject.

If ministerial responsibility were more than the mere shadow of a name, the matter would be less important, but as it is, the Courts are the only defence of the liberty of the subject against departmental aggression.

That he hath traiterously endeavoured the incroachment of jurisdiction, institution of canons, and they are not only against law, but prejudicial, and against the liberties of the subjects [...].

Some have thought that unjust attacks, even upon life or property, at the arbitrary will of the magistrate, are less dangerous to the commonwealth than such as are made upon the personal liberty of the subject.

It was in vain that I put up a little plea for the liberty of the subject; it was in vain that I said I should prefer to go to Whitehaven.

At common law, certiorari was a supervisory writ, serving to keep "all inferior jurisdictions within the bounds of their authority ... [protecting] the liberty of the subject, by speedy and summary interposition".

With a few exceptions, such as cases where "the liberty of the subject" is an issue, permission is required to appeal, and may be granted by either the lower court or by the Court of Appeal.