Chapter 21

SECTION XV.ORDER.Each House may determine the rules of its proceedings; punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel a member.—Const.I. 5.In Parliament, "instances make order,"per Speaker Onslow, 2Hats.144; but what is done only by one Parliament, cannot be called custom of Parliament:by Prynne, 1Grey, 52.

Each House may determine the rules of its proceedings; punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel a member.—Const.I. 5.

In Parliament, "instances make order,"per Speaker Onslow, 2Hats.144; but what is done only by one Parliament, cannot be called custom of Parliament:by Prynne, 1Grey, 52.


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