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    Royal assent is the method by which a monarch formally approves an act of the legislature, either directly or through an official acting on the monarch's...
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    The Royal Assent Act 1967 (c. 23) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that amends the law relating to the signification of royal assent to...
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  • The granting, reserving or withholding of royal assent (Irish: Aontú an Rí) was one of the key roles, and potentially one of the key powers, possessed...
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  • Offer and acceptance Royal assent Assent (military), Austrian mil. accept (s.o.) for military service(German: Assentierung) The Assent, a 2020 American horror...
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    legislature of the Province of Canada in 1849. Its passage and subsequent royal assent, this being a affirmation of responsible government in the colony, by...
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    a gathering of the Lords Commissioners, to indicate the granting of Royal Assent to legislation. The exact spelling of these phrases has varied over the...
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  • beginning of each subsequent reign. The Sovereign Grant Act 2011 received royal assent on 18 October 2011. Under this Act, the Sovereign Grant now funds all...
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    himself may be nominated by the king. The constitution vests the sanction (royal assent) and promulgation (publication) of the laws with the king, while Title...
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    2024. The bill therefore passed both Houses of Parliament and received royal assent on 25 April 2024. The act came into force on 25 April 2024 when the Rwanda...
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  • the Lord Chancellor. The Lords Justices were to have the power to give royal assent to bills except that they would be guilty of treason if they amended...
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    passed unamended by the Lagting and then sent directly to the king for royal assent. If the Lagting amended the Odelsting's draft, the bill would be sent...
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    effect. As well, the monarch is part of the Parliament of Canada, so royal assent is required to allow for bills to become law. While the power for these...
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    Sir Paul Hasluck, reserved royal assent for the Queen, as governor-general Sir William McKell had done with the 1953 Royal Titles and Styles Bill to allow...
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    approval to a bill passed by the House, known as the granting of the Royal Assent, which is necessary for a bill to be enacted as law. The governor-general...
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    institution of royal assent, in which the monarch's consent was required for bills to become law. This in turn had evolved from earlier royal systems in which...
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    signification of the Royal Assent to the Bill for this Act, whether such rejection was in the same session as that in which the Royal Assent to the Bill for...
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    give royal assent to legislation. This function is in practice exercised by the governor of Queensland, who conventionally will never refuse assent to a...
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    amendment by the Lords (adding the words 'to include') and then received royal assent without the Commons first being made aware of (or agreeing to) the Lords'...
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    monarch or his representative, normally the governor general, provides royal assent to make bills into law. The governor general, on behalf of the monarch...
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  • act was the Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill. This act received royal assent on 29 July 1864. The Appropriation Act 1865 (28 & 29 Vict. c. 123) The...
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    the licence having been passed down from driver to driver since 1830. The Royal Borough now licenses the carriage for rides around Windsor Castle and Great...
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  • to refuse or delay royal assent to legislation (to withhold royal assent amounts to a veto of a bill, while to reserve royal assent, in effect, amounts...
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    The Royal Courts of Justice, commonly called the Law Courts, is a court building in Westminster which houses the High Court and Court of Appeal of England...
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  • to definitely signify his approval, as for example in the granting of royal assent in the Commonwealth realms. In others, a bill automatically becomes an...
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    François Couperin (French: [fʁɑ̃swa kupʁɛ̃]; 10 November 1668 – 11 September 1733) was a French Baroque composer, organist and harpsichordist. He was known...
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    of royal assent; this would very likely lead to a government resigning. By convention, the monarch always assents to bills; the last time the royal assent...
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    July 2024. Significant functions of the governor-general include giving royal assent to bills passed by the houses of parliament, issuing writs for elections...
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    member of the royal family with any constitutional role. All executive authority of Jamaica is vested in the monarch, and royal assent is required for...
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    was an Act passed by the British Parliament that originally received royal assent in August 1935. It was the longest Act that the British Parliament ever...
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  • Administrator for a Territory) for the royal assent. Certain bills must be reserved by the viceroy for the King's personal assent. Acts in the Australian Capital...
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