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Law.
At present the act of parliament , after it has passed both Houses of Parliament , and has received the royal assent , is entered on the parliament rolls , in the same words and nearly the same form , as the copies sold by the King ' s printer ; and the reason given why a formal promulgation is not' requisite , is , becauseevery person is , in the judgment of the law , a party to the making of an act of parliament , being present thereat by his representatives-
—Whose peculiar duty it was formerly , to see * proper publication of the acts of parliament ; or on whom in particular to lay the blame , we are ali in the dark , unless on the representatives of the people , who ought to procure a ' general act of parliament for the purpose . ' . ' It is one of the best and wisest maxims in the law ,
" Ignorantia Juris non excusat . " arid this maxim is built upon the best and wisest foundations ; for if a person was permitted to plead his ignorance as an excuse for a breach of the laws , who would notplead it in all cases ? even a lawyer vyould make ignorance ( if occasion required ) his'defence ! But at the same time it must be ' allowed , it is very unreasonable " and improper , to use any means which tend to conceal those laws , and keep the people in ignorance respecting the duty they owe , as individuals , to society . "
" Misera servitus est , ubijus estvagum aid incognitum . " The reading the law in religious ceremonies , is of the hi ghest antiquity ; the clergy have preserved that practice from the days of Moses , and tvill in all probability ( in particular instances ) continue the practice to the end of time . —In this country , MAGNA C ' HAHTA ' was formerly not only appointed to be read ' in " full
country assemblies , but also twice a year in full congregations of the people , in their several parish churches . There are also many 'particular instances subsequent to the reformation [ Hen . 8 . J where parliament ' tas approved of the custom . f Nothing can be more rational , or more likej y to produce public peace and good orr } er , than that a necessary and essential part of
, * The Speaker of the House of Commons appears the most proper perspn to have the superintendence of this business- —In all probability it was first omitted to answer some political purpose , or on account of the neglect or inattention of the Speaker of the House of Commons . t By . several Acts of Parliament an Incumbent is obliged to read the Acl of Uniformity of 5 . and 6 . Edw . 6 . c . 1 . once a year ; the Act for observing the 5 th of ' 1 1 after the service for that the
Nov-: 3 . Jac . c . . morning day ; Act for observing the 29 th of May . 12 Car . 2 . c . 14 . the Lord ' s day next before ; the Act against swearing of 6 . ' and -,. Yv * . 3 . C . 11 , on the Sunday next after the 24 th of June , 29 th of Sept . 25 th of Dec . and 25 th of March , tinder the pain of twenty shillings . Also Ihe , whole book of Canons , 1603 , is to be read once every year , upon some Sunday or holiday in the afternoon before divine service , dividing ihe same in such sort , that one half may be read the one day and Ihe other another d , ay . KoU ' in ' defiance of these Acts of Parliament , not one of tltcm , or the Canons is ever 'ffad , - " ¦ _ ¦ ¦' . '•
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Law.
At present the act of parliament , after it has passed both Houses of Parliament , and has received the royal assent , is entered on the parliament rolls , in the same words and nearly the same form , as the copies sold by the King ' s printer ; and the reason given why a formal promulgation is not' requisite , is , becauseevery person is , in the judgment of the law , a party to the making of an act of parliament , being present thereat by his representatives-
—Whose peculiar duty it was formerly , to see * proper publication of the acts of parliament ; or on whom in particular to lay the blame , we are ali in the dark , unless on the representatives of the people , who ought to procure a ' general act of parliament for the purpose . ' . ' It is one of the best and wisest maxims in the law ,
" Ignorantia Juris non excusat . " arid this maxim is built upon the best and wisest foundations ; for if a person was permitted to plead his ignorance as an excuse for a breach of the laws , who would notplead it in all cases ? even a lawyer vyould make ignorance ( if occasion required ) his'defence ! But at the same time it must be ' allowed , it is very unreasonable " and improper , to use any means which tend to conceal those laws , and keep the people in ignorance respecting the duty they owe , as individuals , to society . "
" Misera servitus est , ubijus estvagum aid incognitum . " The reading the law in religious ceremonies , is of the hi ghest antiquity ; the clergy have preserved that practice from the days of Moses , and tvill in all probability ( in particular instances ) continue the practice to the end of time . —In this country , MAGNA C ' HAHTA ' was formerly not only appointed to be read ' in " full
country assemblies , but also twice a year in full congregations of the people , in their several parish churches . There are also many 'particular instances subsequent to the reformation [ Hen . 8 . J where parliament ' tas approved of the custom . f Nothing can be more rational , or more likej y to produce public peace and good orr } er , than that a necessary and essential part of
, * The Speaker of the House of Commons appears the most proper perspn to have the superintendence of this business- —In all probability it was first omitted to answer some political purpose , or on account of the neglect or inattention of the Speaker of the House of Commons . t By . several Acts of Parliament an Incumbent is obliged to read the Acl of Uniformity of 5 . and 6 . Edw . 6 . c . 1 . once a year ; the Act for observing the 5 th of ' 1 1 after the service for that the
Nov-: 3 . Jac . c . . morning day ; Act for observing the 29 th of May . 12 Car . 2 . c . 14 . the Lord ' s day next before ; the Act against swearing of 6 . ' and -,. Yv * . 3 . C . 11 , on the Sunday next after the 24 th of June , 29 th of Sept . 25 th of Dec . and 25 th of March , tinder the pain of twenty shillings . Also Ihe , whole book of Canons , 1603 , is to be read once every year , upon some Sunday or holiday in the afternoon before divine service , dividing ihe same in such sort , that one half may be read the one day and Ihe other another d , ay . KoU ' in ' defiance of these Acts of Parliament , not one of tltcm , or the Canons is ever 'ffad , - " ¦ _ ¦ ¦' . '•