The Commons
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Commons · the Commons · House of Commons · Republican materials · the commons of Leontini · the popular party
spoken of as
1 expressionLeontine popular party“the commons”1 mention
History of the Peloponnesian War (Greek)
For on the departure of the Athenians from Sicily after the pacification, the Leontines had enrolled a large number of new citizens, and the commons were thinking of dividing the land.
in the texts
Common Sense
The elected republican element of the English constitution, whose independence has been corrupted by the Crown
—The new Republican materials, in the persons of the Commons, on whose virtue depends the freedom of England.
but in its present state it is unworthy of the name, because the corrupt influence of the Crown by having all the places in its disposal, hath so effectually swallowed up the the power, and eaten out the virtue of the House of Commons (the Republican part in the constitution) that the government of England is nearly as monarchical as that of France or Spain.
To say that the Commons is a check upon the King, presupposes two things.
History of the Peloponnesian War
The democratic faction of Leontini, expelled by the aristocratic party and Syracusans, who regroup and continue resisting.
For on the departure of the Athenians from Sicily after the pacification, the Leontines had enrolled a large number of new citizens, and the commons were thinking of dividing the land.
When the aristocratical party were aware of it, they called in the Syracusans, and expelled the commons;
The Athenians, hearing this, despatched Phaeax, to try if by any means they might persuade the allies they had there, and the rest of the Sicilians if they could, to join in attacking the Syracusans, on the strength of their gaining such additional power, and thus might save the commons of'
Magna Carta: A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John
The Commons, the representatives of counties and towns in Parliament, whose rights of discussion and control over the purse grew over time.
These rights, fortified by command of the purse strings, tended to increase, until they secured for the Commons some measure of control over the executive functions of the King, varying in extent and effectiveness with the weakness of the King, with his need of money, and with the political situation of the hour.
Law in a Free State
The House of Commons, named as consenting to the Bill's enactment.
Be it enacted by the Queen's most excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: