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  2. King's Consent - Wikipedia

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    In the UK and certain other Commonwealth countries, King's Consent [a] is a parliamentary convention under which Crown consent is sought whenever a proposed parliamentary bill will affect the Crown's own prerogatives or interests (hereditary revenues, personal property, estates, or other interests).

  3. Royal Marriages Act 1772 - Wikipedia

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    The Royal Marriages Act 1772 (12 Geo. 3.c. 11) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which prescribed the conditions under which members of the British royal family could contract a valid marriage, in order to guard against marriages that could diminish the status of the royal house.

  4. Colonial charters in the Thirteen Colonies - Wikipedia

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    The charters defined the relationship of the colony to the mother country as free from involvement from the Crown. For the trading companies, charters vested the powers of government in the company in England. The officers would determine the administration, laws, & ordinances for the colony but only as conforming to the laws of England.

  5. UK parliamentary approval for military action - Wikipedia

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    The King's Regulations for the Army state that the governance and command of the armed forces are "vested in His Majesty The King" who gives the Secretary of State responsibility for general defence, and the Defence Committee responsibility for the armed forces. Constitutional convention requires that the declaration of war or commitment of ...

  6. Petition of Right - Wikipedia

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    The Petition Exhibited to His Majestie by the Lordes Spirituall and Temporall and Commons in this present Parliament assembled concerning divers Rightes and Liberties of the Subjectes: with the Kinges Majesties Royall Aunswere thereunto in full Parliament. [b] Citation: 3 Cha. 1. c. 1: Introduced by: Edward Coke: Territorial extent England and ...

  7. Declaration of Right, 1689 - Wikipedia

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    The Declaration of Right, or Declaration of Rights, is a document produced by the English Parliament, following the 1688 Glorious Revolution.It sets out the wrongs committed by the exiled James II, the rights of English citizens, and the obligation of their monarch.

  8. List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom enacted ...

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    The following are the acts of Parliament enacted without the consent of the Lords via the use of the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949: [1] War Crimes Act 1991 [a] European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999 Repealed by the European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002; Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000

  9. Act of Settlement 1701 - Wikipedia

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    Third, no monarch may leave "the dominions of England, Scotland, or Ireland", without the consent of Parliament. This provision was repealed in 1716, at the request of George I who was also the Elector of Hanover and Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg within the Holy Roman Empire ; because of this, and also for personal reasons, he wished to visit ...