British Crown

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The British Crown was the supreme monarchical authority of Great Britain that exercised ultimate political and legal power over its colonies and territories.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional institution
monarchy
appliesTo United Kingdom
associatedWithDocument Orders of Council
surface form: Orders in Council

letters patent
royal charter
collects Crown revenues
continuesAs Crown in right of each Commonwealth realm
Crown in right of the United Kingdom
country Great Britain
delegatesPowerTo British Parliament
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom

Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom
surface form: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Privy Council
colonial governors
viceroys
distinctFrom person of the monarch
exercisesPower executive authority
judicial authority
legislative authority
formedBy Acts of Union 1707
hasJurisdictionOver British Empire
British colonies
British dominions
British Overseas Territories
surface form: British overseas territories

British protectorates
headOf Crown Prosecution Service
surface form: Crown Prosecution Service (in the name of the Crown)
headOfStateIs British monarch
historicalPrecursor Kingdom of England
surface form: English Crown

Royal Arms of the Kingdom of Scotland
surface form: Scottish Crown
holdsPowerThrough royal prerogative
influencedBy doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty
legalConceptIn British constitutional law
English law
legalPersonality the Crown
owns Crown Estate
Crown lands
partyTo Privy Council
surface form: Crown-in-Council

Crown
surface form: Crown-in-Court

Crown-in-Parliament
relatedConcept Crown colony
Crown dependencies
Crown Office
surface form: Crown office
representedBy His Majesty
surface form: the King

Her Majesty
surface form: the Queen
symbolizes continuity of the state
royal prerogative
state sovereignty
usesTitle Her Majesty in Right of the United Kingdom
Crown in right of the United Kingdom
surface form: His Majesty in Right of the United Kingdom

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7th Dragoon Guards allegiance British Crown
No. 8 Squadron RAF allegiance British Crown
Lordship of Mann rightsAbsorbedBy British Crown
No. 14 Squadron RAF allegiance British Crown
Bermuda Militia Artillery allegiance British Crown
No. 39 Squadron RAF allegiance British Crown
Montfort Browne employer British Crown
No. 120 Squadron RAF allegiance British Crown
title Empress of India conferredBy British Crown
subject surface form: Empress of India
Seven Islands of Bombay formerRulers British Crown
No. 92 Squadron RAF allegiance British Crown
Samuel Quincy supported British Crown
No. 7 Maintenance Unit RAF allegiance British Crown
Wadiyar dynasty of Mysore overlord British Crown
this entity surface form: British Crown (during princely state period)
Chief Pleas isUnderSovereigntyOf British Crown
Ghulam Muhammad appointedBy British Crown
8th Hussars allegiance British Crown
11th Hussars allegiance British Crown
Ceylon Defence Force allegiance British Crown
Burma Army (British Burma) allegiance British Crown
South Carolina Council subordinateTo British Crown
No. 141 Squadron RAF allegiance British Crown
No. 12 Squadron RAF allegiance British Crown
No. 103 Squadron RAF allegiance British Crown
Patrick Ferguson loyalty British Crown
Pickering estate associatedWith British Crown
Harrogate estate associatedWith British Crown
III Corps (British Army) allegiance British Crown