Note 36 — Chapter III
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Lawful proclamations were those—
(1) Issued by the crown in its purely executive capacity.
(2) Prohibiting acts already prohibited by law, or calling on the subject to perform some duty to which he was bound by law.
Unlawful proclamations were those usurping the legislative power, which the crown by right could only exercise in common with the two Houses of Parliament, as for instance, those granting individuals privileges against the rights of others, imposing duties not imposed by law, prohibiting under penalties acts which the law did not recognize as offences.