[9] Hobart, R., 86, 87.
[10] 8 Coke, R., 118.
[11] 12 Modern Reports, 687, 688.
[12] “Nec erit alia lex Romæ, alia Athenis, alia nunc, alia posthac; sed et omnes gentes et omni tempore una lex et sempiterna et immutabilis continebit, unusque erit communis quasi magister et imperator omnium deus.”—De Republica, Lib. III. c. 22.
[13] Rules and Orders of the House of Representatives: Rule 28 [29].
[14] May, Treatise on the Law, etc., of Parliament, (5th edit.,) p. 598.
[15] Dwarris, Treatise on Statutes, (2d edit.,) Part I. p. 220.
[16] Ibid.
[17] Dwarris, Treatise on Statutes, (2d edit.,) Part I. p. 245.
[18] Law and Practice of Legislative Assemblies (2d edit.), p. 711.