Crown-in-Parliament
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The Crown-in-Parliament is the constitutional doctrine in the United Kingdom that vests supreme legislative authority jointly in the monarch, the House of Commons, and the House of Lords.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Queen-in-Parliament | 1 |
| Sovereign-in-Parliament | 1 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
UK constitutional principle
ⓘ
constitutional doctrine ⓘ legal concept ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
King-in-Parliament
ⓘ
Crown-in-Parliament ⓘ
surface form:
Queen-in-Parliament
Crown-in-Parliament ⓘ
surface form:
Sovereign-in-Parliament
|
| appliesTo |
British Parliament
ⓘ
surface form:
Parliament of the United Kingdom
|
| associatedWith | Westminster system ⓘ |
| basisFor | formal law-making process in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| category |
Monarchy in the United Kingdom
ⓘ
British Parliament ⓘ
surface form:
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Constitution of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form:
United Kingdom constitutional law
|
| confersPowerOn |
House of Commons of the United Kingdom
ⓘ
surface form:
House of Commons
House of Lords ⓘ monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
popular sovereignty
ⓘ
separation of powers model in the United States ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| defines | supreme legislative authority in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| entails |
Acts of Parliament are the highest form of law in the United Kingdom
ⓘ
no law can be made without participation of all three elements of Parliament ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
House of Commons of the United Kingdom
ⓘ
surface form:
House of Commons
House of Lords ⓘ monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| historicalDevelopment | evolved from medieval concept of the King-in-Council ⓘ |
| historicalRoot | English constitutional law ⓘ |
| implies | courts cannot question validity of properly enacted Acts of Parliament ⓘ |
| influenced | constitutional doctrines in some Commonwealth realms ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
England
ⓘ
Northern Ireland ⓘ Scotland ⓘ Wales ⓘ |
| legalBasisFor | sovereignty of Parliament ⓘ |
| limits | ability of devolved legislatures to override Acts of Parliament ⓘ |
| operatesWithin | uncodified constitution of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| recognisedBy |
courts of the United Kingdom
ⓘ
surface form:
United Kingdom courts
constitutional scholars ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
parliamentary sovereignty
ⓘ
royal assent ⓘ separation of powers in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| requires |
passage of a bill by the House of Commons
ⓘ
passage of a bill by the House of Lords ⓘ royal assent by the monarch ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Queen-in-Parliament
this entity surface form:
Sovereign-in-Parliament