Definitions

1. Assent was sometimes reserved in order to allow the British Government to examine a bill before advising the Governor-General. (Web site)
2. Assent was refused to the summoning of a Synod, whether national or provincial, as infringing the rights and supremacy of the States in matters of religion. (Web site)
3. Under assent, the Parliament need only accept or reject the proposal.
4. Royal assent was given in October, and the government chose May 12, 1966 as the day to have the flag come into effect. (Web site)
5. Royal Assent is required for all acts of Parliament and the legislatures, which sit at her pleasure.

College

1. In 1970, the College was granted Royal assent, and became the Royal College of Pathologists of Australia.

Whether

1. Whether it ever received the assent of Convocation has been questioned, but it was approved by Parliament in 1549. (Web site)

Formation

1. To avoid further bloodshed the pope was compelled to assent to the formation of a radically democratic ministry under Galetti.

Federal Legislation

1. This new savings incentive would automatically be adopted for Ontario Personal Income Tax purposes when the federal legislation receives Royal Assent. (Web site)

Emperor Orders Demophilus

1. The Emperor orders Demophilus the Arian Bishop either to assent to the `Homoousion,' or leave the City. (Web site)

Case

1. In each case, the Parliament must be apprised of the granting of Assent. (Web site)

Letters

1. However Royal Assent is usually granted less ceremonially by letters patent. (Web site)

Decision

1. Finally, the Sovereign may reserve the Royal Assent, that is to say, defer a decision on the bill until a later time. (Web site)

Gandhi

1. A devastated Gandhi gave his assent.

Respect

1. By convention, however, the monarch always grants the Royal Assent; therefore, the Sovereign's role with respect to approving bills is purely ceremonial. (Web site)
2. It was apparent that the papacy no longer commanded the assent and respect of any of the Powers. (Web site)

Queen Anne

1. The last sovereign to veto legislation passed by Parliament was Queen Anne, who withheld assent from the Scottish Militia Bill 1708. (Web site)
2. The last time royal assent was withheld was by Queen Anne. (Web site)

Hitler

1. God says as Hitler does: I do not need your assent for my own sake. (Web site)

Marriage

1. In Maine and Massachusetts, the marriage must be made in the presence, and with the assent of a magistrate, or a stated or ordained minister of the gospel. (Web site)

Practice

1. In practice, the granting of Assent is purely ceremonial. (Web site)

King

1. The king rejected the Grand Remonstrance and refused to give royal assent to the Militia Bill.
2. The King does not have veto power over bills passed by the National Assembly (the lower house) and, thus, cannot withhold Royal Assent. (Web site)

Victoria

1. The Victoria Cross is still awarded only by Royal assent and is presented by the Monarch.

Elizabeth

1. Elizabeth also gave assent for John Hawkins to raid the dominions of Mary's former husband - New Spain.
2. This status was formalised on 14 February 1954, when Elizabeth II gave Royal Assent to the Flags Act 1953, which had been passed two months earlier.

Father

1. His father, Orestes, orchestrated his assent to supreme leader following the overthrow of previous emperor Julius Nepos.

Goddess

1. So she spake: and the goddess bowed her head in assent.

Prince

1. On July 31, 1853, Frederick VII of Denmark gave his assent to a law settling the crown on Prince Christian, prince of Denmark, and his heirs male.

Emperor

1. Yet not even then could the emperor be prevailed upon to yield his assent. (Web site)
2. As such, his marriage was subject to prior written, sealed assent of the emperor on pain of nullity. (Web site)

Religion

1. Every formula of every religion has in this age of reason, to submit to the acid test of reason and universal assent.

India

1. In many cases, such legislations may require the ratification from the federal government or the assent of the President of India.
2. The President of India gave assent to the Right to Information Act, 2005 on 15th June 2005.

State

1. This may be the case even if, as is the case in many parliamentary systems, the assent of the head of state is merely a formality and will not be withheld. (Web site)
2. He asks if, and how, the voluntary assent of rational individuals can lead to an entity resembling the state. (Web site)

Province

1. The bill was given royal assent and Manitoba joined Canada as a province.

Effect

1. Even after being granted the Royal Assent, however, the bill ceases to have effect within eighteen months of passage unless promulgated. (Web site)

Advice

1. George IV, however, reluctantly granted his Assent upon the advice of his ministers. (Web site)

United Kingdom

1. As in the United Kingdom, the grant of Assent by the head of state is usually a ceremonial procedure. (Web site)
2. As in the United Kingdom, Royal Assent is by convention granted on the advice of the government's ministers, and is therefore never withheld. (Web site)

Order

1. The order of the court granting a motion for a directed verdict is effective without any assent of the jury (134 Ill.

Flag

1. This right was exercised for the Coronation in 1953 and assent was given for the use of such a flag, known as the "Ulster Banner", on festive occasions. (Web site)

Proposal

1. LXXX. It was this that led the conspirators to hasten in carrying out their designs, in order to avoid giving their assent to this proposal. (Web site)

Power

1. The bill did pass, and the Prince now has many additional powers, including the power to withhold Royal Assent on his own accord. (Web site)

Required

1. If a constitutional amendment only affects one province, however, only the assent of that province's legislature is required. (Web site)
2. Swan explains why Royal Assent was required for the flag of Manitoba, and presumably the same explanation applies to Ontario. (Web site)

Argument

1. They persuade, cajole, threaten, or confuse in order to win assent to an argument.
2. The views of Augustinus Triumphus and Alvarus followed the papal assertion and practice of centuries, and the assent or argument of the Schoolmen.

Invalid

1. Although the King could make ecclesiastical law, all papal regulations without royal assent were invalid in France. (Web site)

Christ

1. He must reign in our minds, which should assent with perfect submission and firm belief to revealed truths and to the doctrines of Christ. (Web site)

Council

1. The Council and the European Parliament may, in an urgent situation, agree upon a time limit for the assent. (Web site)
2. Therefore the emperor having convened a council of Arian bishops, commanded Eleusius to give his assent to their faith. (Web site)

Synod

1. A Synod of the Lateran held in 1139 removed the requirement that the assent of the lower clergy and the laity be obtained.
2. Measures of Synod have to be approved but cannot be amended by the UK Parliament before receiving the Royal Assent and becoming part of the law of England.

Commonwealth Realms

1. In Commonwealth Realms besides the UK, the Royal Assent is granted or withheld by the Governor-General, the representative of the Sovereign. (Web site)

Anne

1. In 1708, Anne became the last British Sovereign to withhold the Royal Assent from a bill (in this case, a Scots militia bill).

God

1. Just as the ark brought the presence of God in the midst of the people, so Mary brings Christ to the world through her assent to God's word. (Web site)
2. Unlike the Catholic definition of faith, which is the assent of the intellect to everything which God has revealed.
3. Even the most powerful monarchs rule not only by the grace of God but by popular (or aristocratic) assent.

Affirmation

1. It is the sound of assent (affirmation) and ascent (it has an upwards movement and uplifts the soul, as the sound of the divine eagle or falcon.

Pope

1. Any decision that requires the assent of the pope has to wait until the new pope has been elected and accepts office. (Web site)
2. This also applies in those Eastern churches which are in union with the pope, though he is required to give assent.
3. If either has to do something which normally requires the assent of the Pope, he has to submit it to the College of Cardinals. (Web site)

Henry Viii

1. Henry VIII introduced a new method of granting the Royal Assent. (Web site)

Legislature

1. In all of the Realms, however, Assent is more often granted or signified outside the legislature, with each House being notified separately. (Web site)

Lieutenant Governor

1. Similarly, in these Realms' states, provinces or territories, Assent is granted or withheld by the Governor or Lieutenant Governor. (Web site)
2. The Governors (or Lieutenant Governor) of each British overseas territories grants or refuses the Royal Assent for the territory's legislation. (Web site)

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