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Case of Proclamations

(1611) 12 Co Rep 74; 77 ER 1352

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtCourt of Common Pleas (Sir Edward Coke CJ and the judges, on reference from the King)

Year1611

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

The King has no prerogative but that which the law of the land allows him; the Crown cannot by proclamation create new offences or change any part of the common law, statute law or the customs of the realm without Parliament.

Area of Law

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