 | William Blackstone - 1800 - 678 pages
...is created for the benefit of the people, and therefore cannot be exerted to their prejudice "(2). THE king, moreover, is not only incapable of doing...•wrong, but even of thinking wrong; he can never mean to n Plowd. 487. (2) Or perhaps it means that, although the king is fubjeft to the paflions and infirmities... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1800 - 678 pages
...created for the benefit of the people, and therefore cannot be exerted to their prejudice " (2 ) . THE king, moreover, is not only incapable of doing...but even of thinking wrong ; he can never mean to a Pluwd. 487. (a ) Or perhaps it means that, although the king is fubjeet to the paflions and infirmities... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1800 - 674 pages
...is created for the benefit of the people, and therefore cannot be exerted to their prejudice " (2). THE king, moreover, is not only incapable of doing wrong, but even of thinking wrong3 he can never mean to • Plowd. 487. ( 2 ) Or perhaps It means that, although the king is fubject... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1812 - 792 pages
...maxim applicable and appertaining to the sovereign * Blackstone's Commentaries, vol. 1. p. 2*6. « Besides the attribute of sovereignty, the law also...absolute perfection : — The king can do no wrong ; — which ancient and fundamental maxim is not to be understood, as if every thing transacted by... | |
 | Giles Jacob - 1817 - 278 pages
...his own wrong. . 48. Nee tempns nee locus occvrrit regi: in pursuance of the principle that the king is not only incapable of doing wrong, but even of thinking wrong, the law determines that in him can be no negligence or laches, and therefore no delay will bar his... | |
 | 1825 - 458 pages
...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 no wrong. By which ancient and fundamental maxim we are not to understand, that every transaction of government... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1822 - 580 pages
...ascribed to him by the fictions of the law ; with his " ubiquity," " immortality," and " impeccability." " Besides the attribute of sovereignty, the law also...The King can do no wrong." " The King, moreover, is pot only incapable of doing wrong, but even v\ thinking wrong." Comm. vol. ie 7. Being myself a student... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1822 - 572 pages
...ascribed to him by the fictions of the law ; with his " ubiquity," " immortality," and " impeccability." "Besides the attribute of sovereignty, the law also...incapable of doing wrong, but even of thinking wrong." Comm. vol. ic 7. Being myself a student of the law, and suspecting the. Reverend Prelate of a too literal... | |
 | 1822 - 576 pages
...King—ascribed to him by the fictions of the law; with his " ubiquity," " immortality," and " impeccability." " Besides the attribute of sovereignty, the law also...moreover, is not only incapable of doing wrong, but even at'thinking wrong.' Comm. vol. ic 7. Being myself a student of the law, and suspecting the Reverend... | |
 | Sir William BLACKSTONE, Vincent WANOSTROCHT - 1823 - 872 pages
...impeachments, that no man shall dare to assist the crown in contradiction to the laws of the land. II. Besides the attribute of sovereignty, the law also...capacity, absolute perfection. The King can do no wrong. Which antient and fundamental maxim is not to be understood, as if every thing transacted by the government... | |
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The king can do no wrong; which ancient and fundamental maxim is not to be understood, as if every thing transacted by the government was of course just and lawful, but means only two things. First, that whatever is exceptionable in the conduct of public... 
