Crown in right of each Commonwealth realm
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The Crown in right of each Commonwealth realm is the distinct legal embodiment of the shared monarchy within that independent country’s constitutional and governmental system.
Observed surface forms (5)
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
constitutional monarchy institution
ⓘ
legal concept ⓘ |
| appliesTo | independent Commonwealth realm ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Westminster system of government ⓘ |
| basedOn | constitutional law of the realm ⓘ |
| canBe | party to legal proceedings ⓘ |
| canEnterInto | contracts on behalf of the state ⓘ |
| canOwn | Crown land in the realm ⓘ |
| distinctFrom |
Crown in right of any other realm
ⓘ
Crown in right of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| evolvedFrom |
British Crown
ⓘ
surface form:
British imperial Crown
|
| exercisedBy |
Governor-General
ⓘ
surface form:
governor-general
monarch of the realm ⓘ viceroy or other representative ⓘ |
| governedBy |
realm’s constitution
ⓘ
realm’s constitutional conventions ⓘ realm’s statutes ⓘ |
| hasAspect |
Crown in right of the courts
ⓘ
Crown in right of the government ⓘ Crown in right of the legislature ⓘ |
| hasAttribute |
personified by the reigning monarch
ⓘ
separate legal personality from the monarch as a natural person ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
legally distinct in each realm
ⓘ
shares the same natural person as monarch with other realms ⓘ |
| hasContinuityWith | pre-independence Crown in that territory ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
appoint ministers
ⓘ
enter into certain legal relationships on behalf of the state ⓘ grant royal assent to legislation ⓘ issue orders in council or similar instruments ⓘ summon and dissolve parliament ⓘ |
| hasJurisdictionOver |
armed forces of the realm
ⓘ
executive branch of the realm ⓘ public service of the realm ⓘ |
| hasLegalStatus |
corporation sole in many realms
ⓘ
perpetual succession regardless of change of monarch ⓘ |
| hasPowersLimitedBy |
constitutional conventions of responsible government
ⓘ
statutory provisions ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
embody the state’s authority in law
ⓘ
provide continuity of the state across governments and monarchs ⓘ |
| hasRole |
fount of executive authority
ⓘ
head of state ⓘ part of the legislature ⓘ symbol of judicial authority ⓘ |
| partOf | Commonwealth realms ⓘ |
| relatedTo | shared monarchy of the Commonwealth realms ⓘ |
| symbolizedBy |
royal coat of arms of the realm
ⓘ
royal cypher of the monarch ⓘ |
| usedInPhrase | the Crown in right of [realm name] ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Crown of Australia
The Crown in right of Saint Kitts and Nevis
→
constitutionalPrinciple
→
Crown in right of each Commonwealth realm
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Crown is the source of all executive authority
The Crown in right of Saint Kitts and Nevis
→
constitutionalPrinciple
→
Crown in right of each Commonwealth realm
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this entity surface form:
Crown is part of Parliament
this entity surface form:
Crown in right of Australia