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If King's Consent is withheld, it is, according to the tenets of constitutional monarchy and responsible government, done on the advice of Government. [23] A spokesman for Queen Elizabeth II stated in 2021 that "Queen's consent is a parliamentary process, with the role of sovereign purely formal.
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 behalf. In some jurisdictions, royal assent is equivalent to promulgation, while in others that is a separate step.
The king's council was "permanent, advisory, and executive". [40] It managed day to day government and included the king's ministers and closest advisers. Parliament was the larger assembly of magnates that evolved out of the magnum concilium or great council. It met occasionally when summoned by the king. [41]
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 ...
The Petition of Right, passed on 7 June 1628, is an English constitutional document setting out specific individual protections against the state, reportedly of equal value to Magna Carta and the Bill of Rights 1689. [1]
The English Civil War (1642–1651) was fought between the King and an oligarchic but elected Parliament, [9] [10] during which the notion of long-term political parties took form with the New Model Army Grandees and humble, leveller-influenced figures debating a new constitution in the Putney Debates of 1647. [11]
The Spanish Constitution of 1978, Title II The Crown, Article 62, delineates the powers of the king, while Title IV Government and Administration, Article 99, defines the king's role in government. [19] [20] [21] Title VI Judicial Power, Article 117, Articles 122 through 124, outlines the king's role in the country's independent judiciary. [22]
The Statute of Westminster of 1275 (), also known as the Statute of Westminster I, codified the existing law in England, into 51 chapters.Chapter 5 (which mandates free elections) is still in force in the United Kingdom [1] and the Australian state of Victoria [2] whilst part of Chapter 1 remains in force in New Zealand. [3]