Excerpt from Lex Parliamentaria Americana: Elements of the Law and Practice of Legislative Assemblies in the United States of America House of Commons every way free and independent; free in their persons; free in their estates; free in their elections; free in their returns; free in their assembling; free in their speeches, debates, and determinations; free to complain of offenders; free in their prosecutions for Offences; and therein free from the fear or influence of others, how great soever; free to guard against the encroachments of arbitrary power; free to preserve the liberties and properties of the subject, and yet free to part with a Share of those properties, when necessary for the service of the public. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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