...result — " Fortescue, Chief Justice, and all the judges answered and said, that they ought not to answer to that question, for it hath not been used aforetime that the justices should in auywise determine the privilege of this High Court of Parliament, for it is so high and so mighty in...

...power of parliament to deal with any question. His Lordship gave his opinion: They ought not to answer that question, for it hath not been used aforetime, that the justices should in any way determine the privileges of this high court of parliament, for it is so high and mighty in its...

...Speaker. The Lords thereupon propounded a question to the judges, and Sir John Fortescue, replying in the name of his brethren, declared that "they ought...court of Parliament. For it is so high and mighty in its nature, that it may make law: and that which is Jaw, it may make no law: and the determination...

...wise determine the privileges of the high court of Parliament. For it is so high and mighty in its nature, that it may make law : and that which is law, it may make no law : and the determination and knowledge of that privilege belongs to the Lords of Parliament,...

...lords propounded a queftion to the judges touching the privilege of parliament, the chief juftice, in the name of his brethren, declared, " that they ought " not to make anfwer to that queftion ; for it hath not been ulcd " aforetime that the juftices fhould in any wife...

...which they have never since been interrogated. The reasons given by the judges are thus expressed : " For it hath not been used aforetime, that the justices should in anywise determine the privilege of this high court of parliament ; for it is so high and so mighty...