These thirty-two confirmations of Magna Carta, which Coke speaks of as "acts of parliament," were merely acts of the king. The parliaments, indeed, by refusing to grant him money, except, on that condition, and otherwise, had contributed to oblige him to make the confirmations; just as they had helped to oblige him by arms to grant the charter in the first place. But the confirmations themselves were nevertheless constitutionally, as well as formally, the acts of the king alone.
[5] See page 103.
[6]St. 1.William and Mary, ch. 6, (1688)
[7]4. Inst., 36.
[8] Under the head of "John."
[9] 4 Blackstone, 849-50.
[10] 3 Blackstone, 379.
[11] Hume, ch. 2.
[12] Page 203, 5th edition, 1721.