King-in-Parliament
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King-in-Parliament is the constitutional doctrine in the United Kingdom that vests supreme legislative authority jointly in the monarch, the House of Lords, and the House of Commons.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| King-in-Parliament canonical | 2 |
| King in Parliament | 1 |
| Queen-in-Parliament | 1 |
| the King-in-Parliament | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
constitutional doctrine
ⓘ
legislative authority ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Crown-in-Parliament
ⓘ
King-in-Parliament ⓘ
surface form:
Queen-in-Parliament
|
| appliesTo |
British Parliament
ⓘ
surface form:
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Palace of Westminster ⓘ
surface form:
United Kingdom Parliament at Westminster
|
| basedOn | doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty ⓘ |
| component |
House of Commons of the United Kingdom
ⓘ
surface form:
House of Commons
House of Lords ⓘ monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| constitutionalEffect | centralization of legislative power in Parliament ⓘ |
| constitutionalImplication | no other body can override or set aside an Act of Parliament within UK law ⓘ |
| constitutionalStatus | fundamental principle of the UK constitution ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | separation of powers doctrine ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| defines | supreme legislative authority in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| developedInPeriod |
Early Modern period
ⓘ
surface form:
early modern England
late medieval England ⓘ |
| field | constitutional law ⓘ |
| grantsPowerTo | Parliament to make or unmake any law ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Lords Spiritual in the House of Lords
ⓘ
surface form:
Lords Spiritual and Temporal
Sovereign ⓘ elected members of the House of Commons ⓘ |
| historicalOrigin | English constitutional practice ⓘ |
| influenced | Westminster system constitutions ⓘ |
| involves |
bicameral legislature
ⓘ
royal assent ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
England
ⓘ
Northern Ireland ⓘ Scotland ⓘ Wales ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | statute law ⓘ |
| limits | legal authority of the courts to question Acts of Parliament ⓘ |
| recognizedIn |
UK constitutional conventions
ⓘ
UK constitutional scholarship ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
parliamentary sovereignty
ⓘ
Royal prerogative of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form:
royal prerogative
unwritten constitution of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| requires |
assent of the House of Commons
ⓘ
assent of the House of Lords ⓘ assent of the monarch ⓘ |
| requiresForLegislation |
granting of royal assent
ⓘ
passage of a bill by both Houses ⓘ |
| result | Act of Parliament ⓘ |
| usedInContext |
constitutional interpretation in the UK
ⓘ
enactment of primary legislation ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
the King-in-Parliament
this entity surface form:
Queen-in-Parliament
this entity surface form:
King in Parliament
subject surface form:
King-in-Council