Crown

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constitutional institution executive authority legal person

The Crown is the institution representing the British monarchy and the executive authority of the state, distinct from Parliament and the judiciary.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form	Occurrences
Crown (British state)	0
Crown (state ownership of fabric)	1
Crown in right of Australia	1
Crown of Grenada	1
Crown of Jamaica	1
Crown-in-Court	1
Crown-on-the-Bench	1
the Crown	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional institution ⓘ executive authority ⓘ legal person ⓘ
appliesIn	England ⓘ Northern Ireland ⓘ Scotland ⓘ Wales ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
distinctFrom	British Parliament ⓘ surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom judiciary of the United Kingdom ⓘ
embodiedBy	reigning monarch ⓘ
employs	Crown servants ⓘ civil service of the United Kingdom ⓘ
exercisesPowerThrough	British Cabinet ⓘ surface form: Cabinet of the United Kingdom Privy Council ⓘ surface form: King-in-Council Privy Council ⓘ surface form: Privy Council of the United Kingdom ministers of the Crown ⓘ
governsThrough	His Majesty’s Government ⓘ surface form: His Majesty's Government devolved administrations ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	armed forces of the United Kingdom ⓘ
hasPart	Crown self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Crown in right of Australia Crown in right of Canada ⓘ Crown in right of New Zealand ⓘ Crown in right of the Channel Islands ⓘ Crown in right of the Isle of Man ⓘ Crown in right of the United Kingdom ⓘ
hasPower	executive authority ⓘ power of mercy ⓘ power to appoint ministers ⓘ power to declare war and peace ⓘ power to dissolve Parliament (historically) ⓘ power to enter into treaties ⓘ power to issue passports ⓘ royal prerogative ⓘ
hasTitle	Crown in right of the United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: the Crown in right of the United Kingdom
headOfState	monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
historicallyDevelopedFrom	personal authority of the monarch ⓘ
legalDoctrine	the Crown never dies ⓘ
legalSystem	common law ⓘ
limitedBy	constitutional conventions ⓘ rule of law ⓘ statute law ⓘ
owns	Crown land ⓘ
partyTo	Crown proceedings ⓘ
relatedTo	Crown Estate ⓘ
represents	Crown in right of the United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: British monarchy the state ⓘ
separatedFrom	Parliamentary sovereignty ⓘ independence of the judiciary ⓘ
symbolizedBy	St Edward's Crown ⓘ Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom royal cypher ⓘ

Referenced by (38)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

College of Arms → actsOnBehalfOf → Crown ⓘ

Privy Council → advises → Crown ⓘ

Royal Army Pay Corps → allegiance → Crown ⓘ

British monarch → alsoKnownAs → Crown ⓘ

Succession to the Crown Act 2013 → appliesTo → Crown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Crown of Jamaica

Succession to the Crown Act 2013 → appliesTo → Crown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Crown of Grenada

Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975 → appliesTo → Crown ⓘ

Bailiff of Jersey → appointedBy → Crown ⓘ

Bishop of Buckingham → appointedBy → Crown ⓘ

Bishop of Dorchester → appointedBy → Crown ⓘ

Bishop of Reading → appointedBy → Crown ⓘ

Dean of Canterbury → appointedBy → Crown ⓘ

Dean of Christ Church, Oxford → appointedBy → Crown ⓘ

Deputy Governors of the Bank of England → appointedBy → Crown ⓘ

King's Commissioner → appointedBy → Crown ⓘ

Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex → appointedBy → Crown ⓘ

Usher of the Black Rod → appointedBy → Crown ⓘ

Welsh Government → appointedBy → Crown ⓘ

Parliament of Great Britain → composedOf → Crown ⓘ

Crown in right of Canada → hasBranch → Crown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Crown-on-the-Bench

Crown → hasPart → Crown self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Crown (British state)

this entity surface form: Crown in right of Australia

British monarch → legalPersonality → Crown ⓘ

this entity surface form: the Crown

Orders of Council → madeUnderAuthorityOf → Crown ⓘ

Duke of Lancaster → mergedInto → Crown ⓘ

Heralds of Arms in Ordinary → operatesUnderAuthorityOf → Crown ⓘ

Crown Commercial Service → ownedBy → Crown ⓘ

Department of Social Security → ownedBy → Crown ⓘ

HM Prison and Probation Service → ownedBy → Crown ⓘ

Heralds’ College → ownedBy → Crown ⓘ

His Majesty's Stationery Office → ownedBy → Crown ⓘ

St Andrews Cathedral → ownedBy → Crown ⓘ

Government House, Wellington → owner → Crown ⓘ

Glasgow Cathedral → ownership → Crown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Crown (state ownership of fabric)

Bothwell Castle → ownershipTransferredTo → Crown ⓘ

British Crown → partyTo → Crown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Crown-in-Court

Lord Lieutenant → represents → Crown ⓘ

Heralds’ College → subordinateTo → Crown ⓘ

Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire → subordinateTo → Crown ⓘ