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exercise of all these consolidated branches, the power of
the governor seems to have had some check on
the powers of a council: in this respect it
partook of the aristocratical character. At present
the judicial power is unravelled into divers branches:
and each branch shared among divers
judges exercising their functions in conjunction.
+ [+] the power of passing
ordinances seems to be
reserved to the sovereg
sovereign A law of the nature of the English Habeas Corpus
act is established for the protection of individuals
against arbitrary power: and the Governor has
no more of the jus nocendi than a governor
of Barbadoes and Jamaica.

In the provinces of France that are called pays
d'etats we have as far as the powers of taxation as far as the power of taxation
is concernedis concernedin matters of taxation a legislature not very different
from the British acting a [as far as the power
of taxation is concerned] in subordination to a pure
monarchy: and in the British conquests in the
East Indies we have an aristocracy something resembling
similar to that which till lately carried on the business
of government in the European provinces, acting
under the aristocratical body of the E. Indian
company at London which is itself subject to the
mixt sovereignty of the British Empire.

Identifier: | JB/087/102/003 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 87.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	1
Box	087	Main Headings	indirect legislation
Folio number	102	Info in main headings field	indirect
Image	003	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f1 / f2 / f3 / f4
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::gr [crown motif] [britannia with shield motif]]]
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	27627
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