 | William Blackstone - 1915 - 1632 σελίδες
...history is given in a famous book, Bryce, lloly Roman Empire. 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.4 For all jurisdiction implies superiority of power: authority to try would be vain and idle-,... | |
 | James Brown Scott, United States. Supreme Court - 1919 - 572 σελίδες
...his own dominions ; 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...for all jurisdiction implies superiority of power '.3 The principle to be derived from this, Mr. Justice Wilson says, is that ' all human law must be... | |
 | Lawrence Boyd Evans - 1922 - 974 σελίδες
...says Blackstone (B. 1, c. 7), "owes no kind of subjection to any other potentate on earth. Hence it is that no suit or action can be brought against the...the sentence of a Court would be contemptible unless the Court had power to command the execution of it, but who shall command the king?" In this passage,... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1922 - 1044 σελίδες
...is in his empire;(o) 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. (13) For all jurisdiction implies superiority of power: authority to try would be in vain and idle,... | |
 | 1922 - 1562 σελίδες
...Blackstone (B. 1, c. 7), owes no kind of « subjection lo any other potentate on earth. Hence it is u that no suit or action can be brought against the...« even in civil matters, because no Court can have juris« diction over him. For ¡ill jurisdiction implies su« periorily of power ; authority to try... | |
 | Westel Woodbury Willoughby - 1924 - 530 σελίδες
...emperor is 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...power: authority to try would be vain and idle, without any redress, and the sentence of a court would be contemptible, unless that court had power to command... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1924 - 198 σελίδες
...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... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1926 - 950 σελίδες
...his own dominions; nnd owes no kind of subjection to any other potentate upon earth. Hence, it is, that no suit or action can be brought against the...for all jurisdiction implies superiority of power." 'Пик last position is only a branca of a much more extended principle, on which a plan of systematic... | |
 | Sir David Lindsay Keir, Frederick Henry Lawson - 1928 - 520 σελίδες
...5 PD, at p. 206. "Our King owes no kind of subjection to any other potentate on earth. Hence it is that no suit or action can be brought against the...the sentence of a Court would be contemptible unless the Court had power to command the execution of it, but who shall command the King?" * But it is obvious... | |
 | Missouri. Supreme Court - 1928 - 876 σελίδες
...a moot court and pass upon questions and enter judgment thereon which we are powerless to enforce. 'For all jurisdiction implies superiority of power; authority to try would be vain and idle without authority to redress; and the sentence of a court would be contemptible, unless that court had power... | |
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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... 
