 | Sir William Blackstone - 1807 - 686 pages
...is in his empire0 ; and owes no kind of subjection to any other potentate upon earth. Hence it is, that no suit or action can be brought against the...: authority to try would be vain and idle, without an authority to redress ; and the sentence of a court would be contemptible, unless that court had... | |
 | 1825 - 458 pages
...be the supreme head in matters both civil and ecclesiastical ; so no suit can be brought against him even in civil matters, because no court can have jurisdiction over him. The law also ascribes to the king, in his political capacity, absolute perfection. The king can do... | |
 | Sir William BLACKSTONE, Vincent WANOSTROCHT - 1823 - 872 pages
...consequence inferior to no man upon earth, dependant on no man, accountable to no man. Hence it is, that no suit or action can be brought against the...matters, because no court can have jurisdiction over him. Hence it is, likewise, that by law the person of the king is sacred, even though the measures pursued... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1825 - 572 pages
...is in his empire0 ; and owes no kind of subjection to any other potentate upon earth. Hence it is, that no suit or action can be brought against the...: authority to try would be vain and idle, without an authority to redress ; and the sentence of a court will be contemptible, unless that court had power... | |
 | Sir William Blackstone - 1825 - 660 pages
...is in his empire0 ; and owes no kind of subjection to any other potentate upon earth. Hence it is, that no suit or action can be brought against the...: authority to try would be vain and idle, without an authority to redress ; and the sentence" of a court will be contemptible, unless that court had... | |
 | Alexander Whellier - 1825 - 836 pages
...subjection to any other potentate upon earth. No suit or action, therefore, can be brought against him, even in civil matters, because no court can have jurisdiction over him. But the law has not left the subject without remedy : for as to private injuries, if any one has a... | |
 | Thomas Robson (engraver.) - 1830 - 694 pages
...emperor in his empire, and owes no kind of subjection to any other potentate upon earth. Hence it is, that no suit or action can be brought against the...matters, because no court can have jurisdiction over him. Hence it is, likewise, that, by law, the person of the king is sacred, even though the measures pursued... | |
 | William Carpenter - 1833 - 270 pages
...minister Dei in terra : omnis quidem sub eo est, et tpte sub nullo, nisi tantum sub Deo Hence it is, that no suit or action can be brought against the...power: authority to try would be vain and idle, without an authority to redress ; and the sentence of a court would be contemptible, unless that court had... | |
 | George Okill Stuart - 1834 - 652 pages
...government invested with supreme power, (a) It is from the like attribute of pre-eminence or supreme power that no suit or action can be brought against the...; authority to try would be vain and idle without an authority to redress ; and the sentence of a court would be contemptible unless that court had power... | |
 | Thomas Edlyne Tomlins - 1835 - 862 pages
...emperor is in his empire, and owes no kind of subjection to any other potentate upon earth. Hence it is, All jurisdiction implies superiority of power ; authority to try would be vain and idle without authority... | |
| |
Hence it is, that no suit or action can be brought against the king, even in civil matters, because no court can have jurisdiction over him. For all jurisdiction implies superiority of power : authority to try would be vain and idle, without an authority... 
