History of the English Parliament Electronic Resource Its Growth And Develop
History of the English Parliament Electronic Resource Its Growth And Develop
Gneist, Rudolph, 1816-1895
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A degree of ambiguity also prevailed for some time longer in regard to legal procedure, as an inheritance from the Norman Judicial Commissions. Only by degrees has the procedure fashioned itself, by analogy, to the ordinary course in Criminal Courts, in such wise that the Lower House formulates its presentment in the character of a Grand Jury, and the Upper House sits in judgment as a Court of Law. According to a precedent under Henry IV. , at times when the Great Council is not assembled, a Co...mmittee of Peers may be summoned for the purpose of pronouncing sentence, and on such occasions the Lord High Steward presides with great ceremonial. This was, in reality, a return to the ancient manner of judicial commissions. Only after the Revolution the rule followed under William IIL, that even in such cases all the Peers must be summoned. 140 Further Development of the '^Estates" the numerous precedents occurring under Henry III. Edward I. Had, in this respect, confirmed the traditional usage that the Great Council, acting as a Committee of great Prelates and Barons, made such allowances in the name of the whole body of Crown vassals.
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