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    The Statute of Westminster 1931 is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that sets the basis for the relationship between the Dominions (now called...
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  • The Statute of Westminster may refer to: Statute of Westminster 1275, often called the Statute of Westminster I, codified existing law in England in 51...
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    Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942 is an act of the Australian Parliament that formally adopted sections 2–6 of the Statute of Westminster 1931...
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    passing the Act on 25 November 1947, New Zealand adopted the Statute of Westminster 1931, an Act of the British Parliament which granted full sovereign status...
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    Statute of Westminster 1931 further set the relationship between the realms and the Crown, including a convention that any alteration to the line of succession...
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  • Independence from the United Kingdom (category History of the British Empire)
    1788 Australian independence: Constitution of Australia, 1901 Statute of Westminster 1931 Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942 Australia Act 1986 Barbadian...
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    British Coal Corp v R (category Judicial Committee of the Privy Council cases on appeal from Canada)
    After Nadan, the Imperial Parliament passed the Statute of Westminster 1931, following which the Parliament of Canada abolished criminal appeals to the Privy...
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    the time. Its dominion status was confirmed by the Statute of Westminster, 1931, although the statute was not otherwise applicable to Newfoundland. In 1934...
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    also formally ended the "request and consent" provisions of the Statute of Westminster 1931 in relation to Canada, whereby the British parliament had...
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    Canada (redirect from Etymology of Canada)
    by the Statute of Westminster, 1931, and culminating in the Canada Act 1982, which severed the vestiges of legal dependence on the Parliament of the United...
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  • effect in 1931 by the Statute of Westminster 1931. The Statute took effect in Australia in 1942 with the passing of the Statute of Westminster Adoption...
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  • in the future. This process was necessary because, after the Statute of Westminster, 1931, Canada allowed the British Parliament to retain the power to...
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    basis of independence, established by the Statute of Westminster 1931 which came about mainly at the behest of nationalist elements in South Africa and...
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    Statute of Westminster of 1285, also known as the Statute of Westminster II or the Statute of Westminster the Second, like the Statute of Westminster...
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    and incorporated in the Statute of Westminster the following year (although Australia and New Zealand did not adopt the statute until 1942 and 1947, respectively)...
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    through the British Houses of Parliament in one day, with no amendments. As the Statute of Westminster 1931 stipulated that the line of succession must remain...
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    of Westminster 1931. It declared the Union of South Africa to be a "sovereign independent state" and explicitly adopted the Statute of Westminster into...
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    the United Kingdom under the Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942 which formally adopted the Statute of Westminster 1931 and backdated the adoption...
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    the Statute of Westminster 1931, the Australia Acts 1986, prerogative instruments and judicial interpretations of these laws by the High Court of Australia...
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  • 1982. The process was necessary because, at the time, under the Statute of Westminster, 1931, and with Canada's agreement, the British Parliament retained...
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    France. As the Statute of Westminster 1931 was not yet ratified by the parliaments of Australia and New Zealand, the British declaration of war on Germany...
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  • constitutional amendment after the Statute of Westminster 1931, but at the time, Canada decided to allow the Parliament of the United Kingdom to retain the...
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  • whose principles were eventually codified in the Statute of Westminster 1931. It, and the repeal of the Colonial Laws Validity Act 1865, gave the federal...
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    The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued by King George III on 7 October 1763. It followed the Treaty of Paris (1763), which formally ended the Seven...
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    confirmed with the Balfour Declaration of 1926 and the Statute of Westminster 1931. It was governed under a form of constitutional monarchy, with the Crown...
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    Limited, p. 238, 1939 "Statute of Westminster, 1931, 22 Geo. V, c. 4, s. 4" (PDF). "Statute of Westminster | United Kingdom [1931]". Encyclopedia Britannica...
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  • Great Britain and Prussia The Statute of Westminster 1931, which transformed the British Empire into the British Commonwealth of Nations, is sometimes referred...
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    the declaration and the Statute of Westminster 1931 the governor-general was appointed by the king or queen on the advice of the South African government...
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    enactment of the Statute of Westminster 1931. The statute, an essential transitory step from the British Empire to the Commonwealth of Nations, provided that...
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    was mostly ended with the Statute of Westminster 1931, when adopted by Australia in 1942 retroactive to 1939. The Statute provided (s 4) that no future...
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