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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/British_North_America_Act%2C_1867.jpg/180px-British_North_America_Act%2C_1867.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="275" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/British_North_America_Act%2C_1867.jpg/270px-British_North_America_Act%2C_1867.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/British_North_America_Act%2C_1867.jpg/360px-British_North_America_Act%2C_1867.jpg 2x" data-file-width="867" data-file-height="1326" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><i>R v Coote</i> was the first decision of the Judicial Committee interpreting the <i>British North America Act, 1867</i></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Court</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Judicial_Committee_of_the_Privy_Council" title="Judicial Committee of the Privy Council">Judicial Committee of the Privy Council</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Full case name</th><td class="infobox-data"><i> Our Sovereign Lady the Queen v Edward Coote </i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Decided</th><td class="infobox-data">March 18, 1873</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Citations</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>(1873) LR 4 PC 599</li> <li>[1873] UKPC 26</li> <li>(1873) 9 Moo PC NS 426</li> <li>17 ER 587</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Case history</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Appealed from</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Quebec_Court_of_Appeal" title="Quebec Court of Appeal">Quebec Court of Queen's Bench</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Maple_Leaf_(from_roundel).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Maple_Leaf_%28from_roundel%29.svg/18px-Maple_Leaf_%28from_roundel%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Maple_Leaf_%28from_roundel%29.svg/27px-Maple_Leaf_%28from_roundel%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Maple_Leaf_%28from_roundel%29.svg/36px-Maple_Leaf_%28from_roundel%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="305" data-file-height="343" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Court membership</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Judges sitting</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/James_William_Colvile" title="James William Colvile">Sir James W. Colvile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barnes_Peacock" title="Barnes Peacock">Sir Barnes Peacock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Mellish" title="George Mellish">Lord Justice Mellish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montague_Edward_Smith" title="Montague Edward Smith">Sir Montague Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_P_Collier" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert P Collier">Sir Robert P. Collier</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Case opinions</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Provincial statute authorising inquiries by fire commissioners within provincial authority. Statements could be used in criminal prosecution.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Decision by</th><td class="infobox-data">Sir Robert P. Collier</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Keywords</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Provincial inquiry power; Admissibility of depositions</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>R v Coote</b></i> is a <a href="/wiki/Canadian_constitutional_law" title="Canadian constitutional law">Canadian constitutional law</a> decision in 1873 dealing with the powers of the provinces under the <i>British North America Act, 1867</i> (now the <i><a href="/wiki/Constitution_Act,_1867" title="Constitution Act, 1867">Constitution Act, 1867</a></i>).<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The point in issue was whether <a href="/wiki/Quebec" title="Quebec">Quebec</a> had the constitutional authority to create a mandatory inquiry power for provincial fire commissioners. </p><p>The case was ultimately decided by the <a href="/wiki/Judicial_Committee_of_the_Privy_Council" title="Judicial Committee of the Privy Council">Judicial Committee of the Privy Council</a>, at that time the <a href="/wiki/Court_of_last_resort" class="mw-redirect" title="Court of last resort">court of last resort</a> for Canada within the <a href="/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">British Empire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was the first decision by the Judicial Committee analysing the <a href="/wiki/Division_of_powers" class="mw-redirect" title="Division of powers">division of powers</a> under the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Canada" title="Constitution of Canada">Constitution of Canada</a>. </p><p>The Judicial Committee held that the mandatory inquiry power was within provincial authority. The Judicial Committee also held that evidence given by an individual in response to a mandatory inquiry could later be used as evidence against that individual in a criminal prosecution for arson.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Facts">Facts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=R_v_Coote&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Facts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1871, there was a fire in the warehouse owned by the accused, Edward Coote, in <a href="/wiki/Montreal" title="Montreal">Montreal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quebec" title="Quebec">Quebec</a>. Fire commissioners appointed under provincial law investigated the fire. In the course of their investigation, they twice interrogated Mr. Coote. Under the authority granted by provincial law, Mr. Coote was required to respond to the questions of the fire commissioners. </p><p>Subsequently, Mr. Coote was charged with four counts of <a href="/wiki/Arson" title="Arson">arson</a> with intent to defraud various insurance companies. He was tried before a single judge of the Quebec Court of Queen's Bench, sitting with a jury. The Crown successfully entered the two depositions in evidence. The jury convicted Mr. Coote. The trial judge reserved questions of law for the full Court to consider, including the validity of the provincial statute and the admissibility of the depositions in evidence against the accused.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Decision_of_the_Quebec_Court_of_Queen's_Bench"><span id="Decision_of_the_Quebec_Court_of_Queen.27s_Bench"></span>Decision of the Quebec Court of Queen's Bench</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=R_v_Coote&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Decision of the Quebec Court of Queen's Bench"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 15 March 1872, the <a href="/wiki/Quebec_Court_of_Appeal" title="Quebec Court of Appeal">Quebec Court of Queen's Bench (Appeal Side)</a> allowed the accused's appeal in a 3-2 decision. The majority held that while the provincial statute in question was within the constitutional authority of the Province, the depositions could not be admitted in the criminal trial. The Court quashed the guilty verdict.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Decision_of_the_Judicial_Committee">Decision of the Judicial Committee</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=R_v_Coote&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Decision of the Judicial Committee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Robert_Collier_Vanity_Fair_19_February_1870.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Robert_Collier_Vanity_Fair_19_February_1870.jpg/170px-Robert_Collier_Vanity_Fair_19_February_1870.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="264" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Robert_Collier_Vanity_Fair_19_February_1870.jpg/255px-Robert_Collier_Vanity_Fair_19_February_1870.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Robert_Collier_Vanity_Fair_19_February_1870.jpg/340px-Robert_Collier_Vanity_Fair_19_February_1870.jpg 2x" data-file-width="695" data-file-height="1079" /></a><figcaption>Sir Robert Collier, QC, who gave the decision for the Judicial Committee</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Burgess_Karslake,_Vanity_Fair,_1873-02-22.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/John_Burgess_Karslake%2C_Vanity_Fair%2C_1873-02-22.jpg/170px-John_Burgess_Karslake%2C_Vanity_Fair%2C_1873-02-22.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="278" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/John_Burgess_Karslake%2C_Vanity_Fair%2C_1873-02-22.jpg/255px-John_Burgess_Karslake%2C_Vanity_Fair%2C_1873-02-22.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/John_Burgess_Karslake%2C_Vanity_Fair%2C_1873-02-22.jpg/340px-John_Burgess_Karslake%2C_Vanity_Fair%2C_1873-02-22.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1957" data-file-height="3200" /></a><figcaption>Sir John Kerslake, QC, counsel for the Crown</figcaption></figure> <p>The Crown then sought to appeal from the Quebec Queen's Bench to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, sitting in London, which at this time was the highest court of appeal for the <a href="/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">British Empire</a>. (The <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Canada" title="Supreme Court of Canada">Supreme Court of Canada</a> had not yet been created.)<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Judicial Committee initially refused leave to appeal, but then granted a special application for leave.<sup id="cite_ref-LR602_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LR602-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the hearing of the appeal, the accused did not appear, in person nor by counsel. The Committee therefore heard the case <i><a href="/wiki/Ex_parte" title="Ex parte">ex parte</a></i> on 11 March 1873. The appellant Crown was represented by <a href="/wiki/John_Burgess_Karslake" title="John Burgess Karslake">Sir John Karslake</a>, Q.C., and H.M. Bompas.<sup id="cite_ref-LR602_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LR602-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Judicial Committee gave its decision on 18 March 1873, allowing the Crown appeal. Sir <a href="/wiki/Robert_P_Collier" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert P Collier">Robert P. Collier</a> gave the decision for the Committee. He briefly disposed of the constitutional issue, referring to the lower court's conclusion that the law was within provincial jurisdiction and stating that the Committee agreed with that ruling.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As was the practice of the Judicial Committee at that time, there were no dissenting reasons from other members of the committee.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The main focus of his decision was on the issue of the admissibility of the two depositions in the subsequent criminal trial. He concluded that "the depositions on Oath of a Witness legally taken are evidence against him, should he be subsequently tried on a criminal charge", except for questions which the witness had objected to answering.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also concluded that the fire commissioners did not have any duty to warn Mr Coote of his right to have counsel present, since they had not arrested him at the time of the questioning.<sup id="cite_ref-Coote-608_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Coote-608-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As a result, the Committee advised Her Majesty that the appeal should be allowed, that the conviction at trial be affirmed and that the Quebec Court of Queen's Bench pass sentence on Mr Coote. As was the practice at that time, there were no dissents.<sup id="cite_ref-Coote-608_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Coote-608-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Significance_of_the_decision">Significance of the decision</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=R_v_Coote&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Significance of the decision"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>R. v. Coote</i> was the first case which considered (albeit very briefly) the constitutional division of powers under the <i>Constitution Act, 1867</i>. </p><p>The Supreme Court of Canada continues to cite the <i>Coote</i> case with approval, for the proposition that the provinces have the constitutional authority to enact legislation creating public inquiries with the power to compel testimony from witnesses.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This case is included in the three volume set of significant decisions of the Judicial Committee on the construction and interpretation of the <i>British North America Act, 1867</i> (now the <i><a href="/wiki/Constitution_Act,_1867" title="Constitution Act, 1867">Constitution Act, 1867</a></i>), prepared on the direction of the then <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Justice_and_Attorney_General_of_Canada" title="Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada">Minister of Justice and Attorney General</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stuart_Garson" title="Stuart Garson">Stuart Sinclair Garson</a>, QC. He directed that the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Justice_(Canada)" title="Department of Justice (Canada)">Department of Justice</a> prepare the collection "for the convenience of the Bench and Bar in Canada", following the abolition of Canadian appeals to the Judicial Committee.<sup id="cite_ref-Olmstead_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Olmstead-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This case was included in the first volume of the set.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=R_v_Coote&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/Const/page-1.html"><i>Constitution Act, 1867</i>, 30 & 31 Victoria, c. 3. (U.K.).</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">James G. Snell and Frederick Vaughan, <i>The Supreme Court of Canada: History of the Institution</i> (Toronto: Osgoode Society, 1985), p. 42.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>The Queen v Edward Coote</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKPC/1873/1873_26.html">[1873] UKPC 26</a>, (1873) LR 4 PC 599 (18 March 1873) (on appeal from Quebec); reprinted, Richard A. Olmstead, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2022/jus/J2-2-1954-1-eng.pdf"><i>Canadian Constitutional Decisions of the Judicial Committee</i></a> (Ottawa: Queen's Printer, 1954), vol 1, p. 1–10.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Reg v Coote</i> (1873) 9 Moo PC NS 426, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.commonlii.org/uk/cases/EngR/1873/4.pdf">17 ER 587</a> (6 February 1873)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>R v Coote</i>, pp. 604–605 (L.R.), pp. 1–2 (UKPC).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>R v Coote</i>, p. 601 (L.R.).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">James G. Snell and Frederick Vaughan, <i>The Supreme Court of Canada: History of the Institution</i> (Toronto: Osgoode Society, 1985), pp. 4–9, 42.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-LR602-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-LR602_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-LR602_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>R v Coote</i>, p. 602 (L.R.).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>R v Coote</i>, p. 605 (L.R.), p. 2 (UKPC).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Peter Hogg and Wade Wright, <i>Constitutional Law of Canada</i>, 5th ed., supplemented (Toronto: Thomson Reuters, looseleaf current to 2023), para. 8:2.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>R v Coote</i>, p. 607 (L.R.), p. 4 (UKPC).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Coote-608-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Coote-608_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Coote-608_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>R v Coote</i>, p. 608 (L.R.), p. 5 (UKPC).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Peter Hogg and Wade Wright, <i>Constitutional Law of Canada</i>, 5th ed., supplemented (Toronto: Thomson Reuters, looseleaf, current to 2023), para. 8:2.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">P.A. Howell, <i>The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council 1833–1876: Its Origins, Structure and Development</i> (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1979), pp. 221–222.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Attorney General of Quebec and Keable v Attorney General of Canada et al</i>,  <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.canlii.org/en/ca/scc/doc/1978/1978canlii23/1978canlii23.html">1978 CanLII 23</a> at p. 241, [1979] 1 SCR 218 (31 October 1978)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Starr v Houlden</i>,  <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.canlii.org/en/ca/scc/doc/1990/1990canlii112/1990canlii112.html">1990 CanLII 112</a>, [1990] 1 SCR 1366 (5 April 1990)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Olmstead-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Olmstead_17-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFOlmsted1954" class="citation book cs1">Olmsted, Richard A., ed. (1954). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=x0uQAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR1"><i>Decisions of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council relating to the British North America Act, 1867 and the Canadian Constitution, 1867–1954</i></a>. Vol. 1. 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