Example sentences of "[adj] of the [noun] of rights " in BNC.
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| 1 | The distinction had particular reference to article 4 of the Bill of Rights 1688 ( 1 Will . |
| 2 | 9 of the Bill of Rights in 1689 : |
| 3 | 9 of the Bill of Rights 1688 , prohibits simply the impeachment or questioning of parliamentary proceedings in ‘ any court or place out of Parliament ’ . |
| 4 | ( 2 ) That the use of clear ministerial statements as an aid to the construction of ambiguous legislation did not amount to questioning or impeaching the proceedings in Parliament or otherwise contravene article 9 of the Bill of Rights 1688 ( post , pp. 1037D–E , 1039C , 1040E–F , 1042C–D , 1043G , 1061A–B ) . |
| 5 | It does not seem to me that this can involve any impeachment , or questioning of the freedom of speech and debates or proceedings in Parliament , accordingly I do not see how such a use of Hansard can possibly be thought to infringe article 9 of the Bill of Rights and I agree with my noble and learned friend 's more detailed consideration of that matter . |
| 6 | I agree that the use of Hansard as an aid to assist the court to give effect to the true intention of Parliament is not ‘ questioning ’ within the meaning of article 9 of the Bill of Rights . |
| 7 | I would add only that I find myself quite unable to see how referring to the reports of Parliamentary debates in order to determine the meaning of the words which Parliament has employed could possibly be construed as ‘ questioning ’ or ‘ impeaching ’ the freedom of speech or debate or proceedings in Parliament or as otherwise infringing the provisions of article 9 of the Bill of Rights . |
| 8 | The second is whether , if reference to such materials would otherwise be appropriate , it would contravene article 9 of the Bill of Rights 1688 or Parliamentary privilege so to do . |
| 9 | ‘ That this House , while re-affirming the status of proceedings in Parliament confirmed by article 9 of the Bill of Rights , gives leave for reference to be made in future court proceedings to the Official Report of Debates and to the published Reports and evidence of Committees in any case in which , under the practice of the House , it is required that a petition for leave should be presented and that the practice of presenting petitions for leave to refer to Parliamentary papers be discontinued . |
| 10 | The reference in that letter to ‘ questioning ’ the proceedings of the House of Commons plainly raised the issue whether the proposed use of Parliamentary materials without the leave of the House of Commons would breach article 9 of the Bill of Rights 1688 which provides : |
| 11 | Finally , to use what is said in Parliament for the purpose of construing legislation would be a breach of article 9 of the Bill of Rights as being an impeachment or questioning of the freedom of speech in debates in proceedings in Parliament . |
| 12 | The main constitutional ground urged by the Attorney-General is that the use of such material will infringe article 9 of the Bill of Rights as being a questioning in any court of freedom of speech and debates in Parliament . |
| 13 | For the reasons I have given , in my judgment reference to Parliamentary materials for the purpose of construing legislation does not breach article 9 of the Bill of Rights . |
| 14 | It was also held , unanimously , that this relaxation of the rule excluding parliamentary material did not amount to questioning or impeaching proceedings in Parliament contrary to Article 9 of the Bill of Rights 1688 . |
| 15 | Finally , in rejecting the submission that relaxing the exclusionary rule could amount to the courts questioning proceedings in Parliament contrary to Article 9 of the Bill of Rights , Lord Browne-Wilkinson observed that ‘ the purpose of looking at Hansard could not be to construe the words used by the minister but to give effect to the words used so long as they are clear ’ . |