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.

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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.

Crown-in-Parliament alsoKnownAs Crown-in-Parliament
this entity surface form: Queen-in-Parliament
Crown-in-Parliament alsoKnownAs Crown-in-Parliament
this entity surface form: Sovereign-in-Parliament
Crown in right of Canada hasBranch Crown-in-Parliament
British monarchy legalConcept Crown-in-Parliament
British Crown partyTo Crown-in-Parliament