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  • Thumbnail for Investigatory Powers Act 2016
    The Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (c. 25) (nicknamed the Snoopers' Charter) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which received royal assent...
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  • Plenipotentiary (redirect from Full Powers)
    A plenipotentiary (from the Latin plenus "full" and potens "powerful") is a diplomat who has full powers—authorization to sign a treaty or convention on...
    14 KB (1,888 words) - 00:52, 23 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000
    Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (c. 23) (RIP or RIPA) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, regulating the powers of public bodies to...
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  • Thumbnail for Constitution Act, 1867
    The Constitution Act, 1867 (French: Loi constitutionnelle de 1867), originally enacted as the British North America Act, 1867 (BNA Act), is a major part...
    36 KB (4,529 words) - 01:51, 19 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for City of London Corporation
    Common Council gained the full right to collect local rates when the City of London Sewers Act 1897 transferred the powers and duties of the Commissioners...
    56 KB (5,517 words) - 06:18, 27 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Emergency Powers (Defence) Act 1939
    The Emergency Powers (Defence) Act 1939 (2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 62) was emergency legislation passed just prior to the outbreak of World War II by the Parliament...
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  • Thumbnail for Central Powers
    The Central Powers, also known as the Central Empires, were one of the two main coalitions that fought in World War I (1914–1918). It consisted of the...
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  • Thumbnail for Indian Independence Act 1947
    modify or adopt the same Act. (Temporary Provisions as to the Government of Each New Dominion.) Governor-General had full powers to give assent to any law...
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    Great power (redirect from Great powers)
    the nature of a state's relations with other great powers. A further option is to examine a state's willingness to act as a great power. As a nation will...
    63 KB (7,127 words) - 20:47, 26 April 2024
  • of powers is the division of a state's government into branches, each with separate, independent powers and responsibilities, so that the powers of one...
    93 KB (10,963 words) - 01:53, 26 May 2024
  • of a Soul, pp. 154–155 "T. Maccius Plautus, Cistellaria, or The Casket, act 1, scene 1". www.perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved 2021-07-24. "annus horribilis"...
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    The Axis powers, originally called the Rome–Berlin Axis and also Rome–Berlin–Tokyo Axis, was a military coalition that initiated World War II and fought...
    184 KB (21,631 words) - 17:08, 5 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Francis Gary Powers
    with the remainder in a labor camp. The US Embassy "News Bulletin" stated, according to Powers, "as far as the government was concerned, I had acted in...
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  • Thumbnail for Great Eastern Railway
    constantly at war with its neighbours and whilst these working arrangements were approved there was a condition that a bill for full amalgamation was presented...
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  • Thumbnail for Welsh devolution
    legislative powers over areas such as agriculture, education and housing. The third referendum in 2011 saw voters support full primary law-making powers for the...
    92 KB (8,900 words) - 03:09, 3 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Finance Commission
    their appointment, term, eligibility and powers. The chairman of a finance commission is selected from people with experience of public affairs. The other...
    21 KB (1,568 words) - 02:58, 25 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Midland Railway
    Bill was passed: "An Act for the Construction by the Midland Railway Company of a new Line of Railway between London and Bedford, with Branches therefrom;...
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  • Thumbnail for Enabling Act of 1933
    immediately grant all legislative powers to the cabinet and by extension Hitler. This would in effect allow Hitler's government to act without concern to the constitution...
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  • Thumbnail for Scotland Act 1998
    and Executive assumed their full powers on 1 July 1999. The Act was amended by the Scottish Parliament (Constituencies) Act 2004 to end the link between...
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  • The powers of the prime minister of the United Kingdom come from several sources of the UK constitution, including both statute and constitutional convention...
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