Note (3) — Chapter III

This is well set forth by Sir John Fortescue, De Laudibus Legum Angliæ, cap. 36: “Neque Rex ibidem, per se aut ministros suos, tallegia, subsidia, aut quævis onera alia, imponit legiis suis, aut leges eorum mutat, vel novas condit, sine concessione vel assensu totius regni sui in parliamento suo expresso.”