It frequently happened before the Revolution that a Parliament issued a warrant against a public officer who had committed an offence, and sometimes the proceedings were stopped by the authority of the Crown, which enforced compliance with its absolute and despotic will.
Antzinako monarkian sarritan gertatzen zen delituren baten errudun zen funtzionari publikoaren atxiloketa agintzea Parlamentuak. Batzuetan errege-aginteak esku hartu eta prozedura deuseztarazten zuen.