Declaratory

But they felt quite sure, as did also the vast majority of Englishmen, that Parliament had a constitutional right to tax the colonies as it pleased, and so they passed what became known as the Declaratory Act, asserting the constitutional right of Parliament to bind the colonies “in all cases whatsoever;” and this is still the law of England.

True History of the American Revolution « Isegoria 2008

In March, 1766, therefore, Parliament repealed the Stamp Act. [9] But at the same time it enacted another, known as the Declaratory Act, in which it declared that it had power to "legislate for the colonies in all cases whatsoever."

A Brief History of the United States John Bach McMaster 1892

The Act for this purpose was called the Declaratory Act, and was, in principle, more hostile to America's rights than the Stamp Act; for it annulled those resolutions and acts of the Provincial Assemblies in which they had asserted their right to exemption from all taxes not imposed by their own representatives; and also enacted that the King and

The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2. From 1620-1816 Egerton Ryerson 1842

But on the same day, Parliament passed the Declaratory Act, affirming the “full power and authority” of the British government “to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies and people of America . . . in all cases whatsoever.”

A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

That's when the Connecticut State Dental Commission, which then included seven dental professionals and one member of the public, passed "Declaratory Ruling: Teeth Whitening."

Whitening Upstarts Make Dentists Gnash Teeth Jennifer Levitz 2011

Declaratory judgments, like the one Time Warner Cable is seeking, are legally binding decisions but don't order any action to be taken.

Time Warner Cable, Viacom Take App Dispute to Court Steven Russolillo 2011

Declaratory judgments, like the one Time Warner Cable is seeking, are legally binding decisions but don't order any action to be taken.

Viacom Warns Cablevision Over iPad App Nat Worden 2011

The company has even filed a "Complaint for Declaratory Judgement of Copyright Noninfringement" in Seattle, though I don't think that's going to slow things down much.

Dave Taylor: Is Ivi TV Really the Future of Streaming Television? Dave Taylor 2010

The company has even filed a "Complaint for Declaratory Judgement of Copyright Noninfringement" in Seattle, though I don't think that's going to slow things down much.

Dave Taylor: Is Ivi TV Really the Future of Streaming Television? Dave Taylor 2010

It has often been said that both the Declaratory Act and the repeal of the Stamp Act were a combination of sound constitutional law and sound policy, and that if this same Whig line of conduct had been afterwards consistently followed, England would not have lost her American colonies.

True History of the American Revolution « Isegoria 2008