Queen in Council

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constitutional term legal concept

Queen in Council is the constitutional term for the monarch acting on the formal advice of the Privy Council in a system where the reigning sovereign is a queen.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Queen-in-Council 1
Sovereign in Council 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional term ⓘ
legal concept ⓘ
appliesToMonarchTitle Queen Regnant ⓘ
appliesWhen reigning sovereign is a queen ⓘ
associatedWithBody Privy Council of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
Privy Council of Jamaica NERFINISHED ⓘ
Privy Council of New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ
Privy Council of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
constitutionalDoctrine responsible government ⓘ
constitutionalRoleOf Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ
contrastsWith King in Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
decisionMaker monarch ⓘ
decisionMakerActsOnAdviceOf Privy Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
exercisesPowerType executive authority ⓘ
legislative authority ⓘ
prerogative powers ⓘ
formalStyle Her Majesty, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council ⓘ
governsMatters administrative matters ⓘ
certain judicial appeals ⓘ
constitutional affairs ⓘ
hasComponent Privy Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
Queen NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalUsage used during reign of Queen Elizabeth II ⓘ
used during reign of Queen Victoria ⓘ
implies monarch acts on ministerial advice ⓘ
jurisdiction Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
Caribbean constitutional monarchies NERFINISHED ⓘ
Commonwealth realms NERFINISHED ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalForm Orders in Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
Orders of Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
notUsedWhen reigning sovereign is a king ⓘ
refersTo monarch acting on the formal advice of the Privy Council ⓘ
relatedConcept Crown-in-Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
Governor General in Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lieutenant Governor in Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
Royal prerogative ⓘ
usedIn constitutional law ⓘ
public law ⓘ
usedInOfficialInstruments appointments ⓘ
commissions ⓘ
delegated legislation ⓘ
regulations ⓘ
removals from office ⓘ
royal proclamations ⓘ
usedInPhrase Her Majesty in Council NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Clerk of the Closet → appointedBy → Queen in Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sovereign in Council
Constitution of Gibraltar → enactedBy → Queen in Council ⓘ
Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (as amended) → enactedBy → Queen in Council ⓘ
subject surface form: Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991
Government of the Dominion of Canada → executiveBranch → Queen in Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: Queen-in-Council
King in Council → hasCounterpart → Queen in Council ⓘ