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 402 Of the King's Family and Coumils. [Ch.X VIL debts («) by grant from the King(i); or give a bond or other specialty (c). And her pre-eminence and distinctness of cha- racter hold in all legal proceedings : so that her Majesty may sue or be sued alone {d) ; and has her separate offices and offi- cers, and legal advisers {e) ; and, it appears, that a grant of the King to be a servant or officer to the Queen is void {f). The life and honour of the Queen are peculiarly regarded and protected by the law. It is high treason to compass her death, or violate or defile her person ; and she is a participator in this high offence, and the consequent punishment, if she consent to the illicit connexion [g). So, in respect of the high importance of the Queen, Acts of Parliament relating to her are to be deemed public Acts, and to be noticed accordingly [h). In general, the Queen consort is not exempted from laws operating on other subjects of the King (i) ; but in many in- stances the law has expressly granted her several immunitieSi. Thus the Queen consort pays no toll (^); and cannot be amerc- ed (/), or arrested ; nor is she obliged to find pledges de prose^ qiiendo [m); or bound by the statute of Marlebridge, for driving a distress into another county (n). But the servants of the Queen consort or Queen dowager are not privileged from arrest (o). There are also several antient revenues and perquisites of the property : and may by her will bequeath 4. f. 7. Bro. Ab. Nonability, pi. 6(X herpersonalty,asif she were unriiarried, Staundf. Prsc. 75, b. 2w. whether the Proviso as to disposal of palaces, &,c. King may by grant give her the prero- of the King in right of the Crown vested gative remedies to recover her debts. in the queen consort, for her life as a Mod. 247. Com. Dig. Roy. F. 1. jointure or otherwise. In Vl'^ood's Inst. {e) 1 Bla. Com. 219. 22. J 8th ed. it is said, '< both the real (/) See 2 Rol. Ab. 213. I. 42. Com. and personal property of the queea Dig. Hoy, F. 1. consort go to the King after her decease, (g) 1 Bla. Com. 222. if she do not in her life-time dispose of (A) Finch L. 86. 8 Rep. 28. them, or bequeath them away by will.'* (?) The Queen is a sole person by (a) 17 Vin. Ab. 205. tit. Prerog. B, the common law, but not to all intents, «. pi. 11. per Brian. Bro. Ab. Aid, Del. Roy. pi. (6) Ibid. 1 Bla. Com. 219. 96, cites 3 H. 7. 14. (c) 2 Rol. Ab. 213. 1. 25. {k) Co. Lit. 133. (rf) Com. Dig. Action, B. 2, Co. Lit. (/) Finch, L. 185. 133. Form of proceedings by and {m) Co. Lit. 1 33, a. against the Queen. See 2 Chitty on PI. (n) Ibid. 133, b. 25, 3rded. She shall not be sued by o) 1 Keb. 842, 877. petition a$ the King is, ante, 341 . 1 H, Queen,