Lex parliamentaria
Subtitle: or, A treatise of the law and custom of parliaments : shewing their antiquity, names, kinds, and qualities....
Contributors: Stagg, John, d. 1746, publisher.
Edition: The second edition, with large additions.
Publisher: Printed for J. Stagg, in Westminster-Hall
Published: 1734
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 434
Subjects: Petyt, George; Great Britain. -- Parliament; Great Britain. -- Parliament -- Rules and practice; Legislative bodies
Notes: Text continued on title page: ...of the three estates; and of the dignity and excellency of parliaments, their power and authority. Of the election of members of the house of commons in general, their privilege, qualifications, and duties. Of the electors; and their rights, duties; and manner of elections. Of the returns to parliament; the sheriff's and other officers duty therein.Of the manner of election of the speaker; and of his business and duty. Of the manner of passing bills, and the orders to beobserved in the house of commons. Of sermons of parliament; as also of protogations and adjournments : Together with the proper laws and customs of parliament. With an appendix of a case in parliament between Sir Francis Goodwyn and Sir John Fortescue, for the Knights Place for the county of Bucks, I Fac. I.

Previous edition: 1690.

Reference: ESTC (RLIN) t109870.