A summons to Parliament, and a sitting under it, is evidence of a title to a peerage descending to the heirs of the body including females; so likewise is it evidence of a similar title, where there have been several summonses, both prior and subsequent to a sitting in parliament and a sitting in parliament, though no sitting under a summons, has been proved, proof being adduced that during the period of that sitting there were no writs of summons
Citations:
[1841] EngR 667, (1841) West 621, (1841) 9 ER 621
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Constitutional
Updated: 15 May 2022; Ref: scu.308845