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    circumstances in question. Today, the royal prerogative is available in the conduct of the government of the United Kingdom, including foreign affairs, defence...
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  • The royal prerogative is a body of customary authority, privilege, and immunity recognized in common law (and sometimes in civil law jurisdictions possessing...
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  • In the English and British tradition, the royal prerogative of mercy is one of the historic royal prerogatives of the British monarch, by which they can...
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  • of the United Kingdom as part of his or her royal prerogative. According to William Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England, the "superior excellence"...
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    The House of Windsor is a British royal house, and currently the reigning house of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms. The royal house's...
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    of the United Kingdom List of United Kingdom general elections Royal prerogative in the United Kingdom List of government ministers of the United Kingdom...
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    in the Isle of Man, Channel Islands or British Overseas Territories) by the Home Secretary. The power to pardon any conviction (the royal prerogative...
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  • In United Kingdom constitutional law, prorogation is an act usually used to mark the end of a parliamentary session. Part of the royal prerogative, it...
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    the royal prerogative, chairs the Cabinet and selects its ministers. As modern prime ministers hold office by virtue of their ability to command the confidence...
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    was the eldest child of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and was created Princess Royal in 1841. As the eldest...
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    Republicanism in the United Kingdom is the political movement that seeks to replace the United Kingdom's monarchy with a republic. Supporters of the movement...
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    The Parliament of the United Kingdom currently has 650 parliamentary constituencies across the constituent countries (England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern...
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    The monarchy of the United Kingdom, commonly referred to as the British monarchy, is the form of government used by the United Kingdom by which a hereditary...
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    Abortion in the United Kingdom is de facto available under the terms of the Abortion Act 1967 in Great Britain and the Abortion (Northern Ireland) (No...
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    for the Civil Service [1984] UKHL 9, or the GCHQ case, is a United Kingdom constitutional law and UK labour law case that held the royal prerogative was...
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  • policies united Catholic and Protestant opposition against him. Personal Rule Royal prerogative in the United Kingdom Laudianism Council of the North History...
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    create the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in 1801. Most of Ireland seceded from the UK in 1922 as the Irish Free State, and the Royal and Parliamentary...
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  • A prerogative instrument is a legal instrument issued under the royal prerogative, in contrast with a Statutory Instrument (which is made under the authority...
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    implications of the Bill. One of these was whether the power of dissolution created by the bill would in fact be derived from the royal prerogative, or whether...
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    The 2017 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 8 June 2017, two years after the previous general election in 2015; it was the first since...
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    In the United Kingdom, taxation may involve payments to at least three different levels of government: central government (HM Revenue & Customs), devolved...
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    The Electoral Commission's Register of Political Parties lists the details of political parties registered to contest elections in the United Kingdom...
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    the Crown remains the fount in which ultimate executive power over government lies. These powers are known as royal prerogative and can be used for...
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  • modifying the monarch's prerogative powers, Queen's Consent was required before it could be debated in Parliament. The Queen, acting upon the advice of...
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    either the House of Commons or the House of Lords. The Privy Council formally advises the sovereign on the exercise of the royal prerogative. The King-in-Council...
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  • Consent was needed before debate could take place because the bill affected the royal prerogative). The Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 originally...
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    Royal Prerogative Royal Standard Royal Style and Titles Act Royal Train Royal Warrant of Appointment (United Kingdom) Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom...
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  • the Subject) is an 1820 legal text by Joseph Chitty. The text provides the most comprehensive list of royal prerogative powers in the United Kingdom....
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  • Parliamentary sovereignty (category Politics of the United Kingdom)
    System Royal prerogative in the United Kingdom Parliament of the United Kingdom and Constitution of the United Kingdom; also Parliament in the Making;...
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  • earlier date by royal proclamation at the request of the prime minister. The monarch's prerogative power to dissolve Parliament was revived by the Dissolution...
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