bill containing form of Act, 233.

bill turned into Act by assent of Crown,
267, 284.

Act of Settlement: see Statute.

as to placemen, 28, 34, 76.
Act of Supremacy. See Statute.
Address:

in answer to Queen's speech, 61, 65.
mode of presentation, 65.
amendments to, 61.

for removal of officers of House of Com-
mons, 140.

of judges or other servants of the Crown,
354.
Adjournment:

each House adjourns independently, 66.
Crown cannot require adjournment, 66.
of House of Commons, how effected,
240.

of debate, 241.
Admonition:

a mode of punishment by Commons, 166.
Affirmation:

in lieu of Parliamentary oath, 59, 84, 85.
Agent:

for corrupt practices at an election, 82,
116.

Aid:

right of king to levy, 306.

Alien:

incapable of sitting in House of Commons,
74.

of exercising franchise, 116.

of summons to House of Lords, 204.

of acquiring any political capacity except
by naturalisation, 75.

Allcock, Mr.:
case of, 73.
Allegiance:

oath of, 59, 84, 85, 93.

Alms:

receipt of, a disqualification for franchise,
116.

Amendments:

to public bill in Commons, 243.
in Lords, 245.

communication of amendinents between
the Houses, 246.

Lords may not amend money bills, 254.
to the Address to the Crown, 61.
Anne:

her presence at Councils, 28, and in
Parliament, 281.

her creation of peers, 197, 331.
Appeal :

Lords of, 70, 182, 214.

Appellate jurisdiction:

of House of Lords, 214, 341-3.
Appropriation:

of supply in reign of Charles II, 23.
developed under William III, 26, 27.
necessitates annual sessions of Parlia-
ment, 260, 261, 274, 275.
Appropriation Act:

how far necessary for dealing with reve-
nue, 260, 261.

form of enacting clause, 261-2.
form of royal assent to, 288, 289.
Army:

Act for, necessitates annual session of
Parliament, 275.

Arrest:

duties as to issue of writs, 49.

at the opening of Parliament, 57, 61.
as to approval of the Speaker, 58, 63.
as to grant of privileges, 58, 63, 141.
receives application for writ from peer
on attaining full age, 207.

is Speaker of House of Lords by prescrip-
tion, 217.

presides at impeachment of a Commoner,
339.
Chancery:

writs issued from, 49, 51, 95.
returns made to, 58, 95, 128.
claim to judge returns, 159.
appeals from to House of Lords, 343.
Charles I:

his dislike of constitutional forms, 21.
his use of proclamations, 295.

his entry into House of Coinmons, 281-2.
Charles II:

his revenue, 23.

appropriation of grants made to him, 23.
his dislike of large councils, 27.
Parliamentary oath required in his reign,
59, 93.

duration of his first Parliament, 68.
members of his last three Parliaments
summoned to Convention, 69-70.
his presence in Parliament, 280, 281.
Charter :

of corporate towns, 100.

gave votes to freemen, 100, or corporate
officers, 100, 102.

of pardon, petitioned against by Com-
mons, 297.

The Great Charter, 4, 43, 225, 310.

how represented in the Council, 19.
effect of Reformation on their influence
in the state, 20.

not summoned as an estate to Magnum
Concilium of John, 43.

how summoned to model Parliament, 45.
why they ceased to attend summons, 45,
46.

omitted from 15 Ed. II, as necessary
parties to legislation, 45.

cannot sit in the House of Commons, 75.
nor Roman Catholic clergy, 75:
relinquishment of orders by, 76.

right to initiate legislation by petition,
229.

Clerk of the Commons:

discharges duties of the chair during
election of Speaker, 57, 62.
his duties generally, 140.

Clerk of the Crown in Chancery:
writs of summons to Parliament issued
from his office, 49, 53.

supplies Clerk of Commons with list of
elected members, 58.

receives notice of election of Represen-
tative Peers of Scotland, 54, 58, 208.
receives Speaker's warrant to issue new
writs, 65, 156, 157.

Clerk of the Crown and Hanaper in
Ireland:

his duties in election of representative
peers, 210.

Clerk of the Parliaments:

his duties at the opening of a Parliament,
58, and otherwise, 218, 288.

his title, 140.

receives list of elected Scotch peers, 58,
208.

Clerk of the Peace:

his duties as to register of voters, 124.
Clifton peerage:

case of, 189, 200.
Closure:

of debate, 241.
Coke:

his opinion as to House of Commons
being a Court of record, 168.
estate in a dignity, 192.

right of, for contempt, enjoyed by House

of Commons, 138, 141.
extent of punishment, 166-168.
mode of exercise, 141, 167, 168.
source of right, 168.

grounds of commitment, must they appear
in warrant, 176.

in return to writ of habeas corpus,
176.

by House of Lords, 220.
Committee :

of House of Commons-

of privilege and elections, 159.

decisions on disputed returns, 103, 159.
under Grenville Act, 160, 349.
of supply and ways and means, 139.
public bills originating in, 244-5.
-passing through, 243.
standing committees, 244-5.

of supply, 257-259.

of ways and means, 259, 260.

of standing orders, 265.

of public petitions, 350.

select committees of inquiry, 350.

of House of Lords-Chairman of, 266.
of privileges, 207.

Commons, House of:

its relations with the executive under the
Platagenets, 17.

the Stuarts, 23.

in the modern constitution, 26-30, 47,
352, 354-6.

represents an estate of the realm, 44.

how summoned as such, 45-47.

its control of finance, 48; and see Money

Bills, Supply, Ways and Means.
writs for election to, 53, 55.
Speaker of, how chosen, 57, 62, 63.
oath or affirmation of members, 59, 64,
84-86.

disqualifications for membership, 73-94.
seat in, cannot be resigned, 87-8.

mode of election to, 94; and see Election.
privileges of, 136; and see Privilege.
jurisdiction claimed by, 335.
impeachment by, 339.

issues between Crown and Commons
under Stuarts, 21, 24.
mediæval and modern royalty, 25.
its loss of influence under Cabinet Govern-
ment, 27, 29.

prerogatives of in respect of Parliament:
in summons, 49, 57, 61, 273-4.
in opening business, 60, 71, 280.
in proroguing, 66.

in dissolving, 67–69, 276–279.
in legislation, 228, 284-7, 292.
in communication with, 282, 283.
in creation of peers, 191, 196.
in summons of peers, 197, 204.
in disputed claims of peerage, 207.
in appointment to bishoprics, 211.
in demand of supply, 256.

Crown Office:

writs issued thence, 49, 51, 95.

returns kept there while Parliament
lasts, 58.

returns made there, 95, 128.

Curia Regis :

development of its judicial powers,
341-2.

publication of, 151–56.
Deputy:

of Speaker, 139.

De Tallagio non concedendo, 311.
Dispensation :

distinguished from pardon and license,
299.
distinguished from imposition and forced
loan, 309-10.

Dispensing power:

its use in mediæval constitution, 297.
attempts to define it, 298.

its use and abuse in seventeenth century,
300.

how dealt with by Bill of Rights, 301,
302.
Disqualification:

for membership of House of Cominons,
73-87.

how dealt with by House, 157.

for membership of House of Lords, 205.
Dissenter:

not excluded by Parliamentary oath, 87.
Dissolution:

form of, by Proclamation, 49, 67.
effect of, on existence of Parliament,
66.

effect of, on impeachment, 340.
takes place by royal prerogative, 67.
takes place by efflux of time, 68.
formerly by demise of Crown, 68, 69.
prerogative of, when properly exercise-
able, 276-279.

Distribution of Seats: see Representa-
tion.