Veto, The Royal

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• The Royal Veto —     The Royal Veto     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Royal Veto     (in the appointment of Bishops in Ireland and England.)     Although the penal laws enacted against the Catholics of Ireland and of England were still on the statute book towards …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Royal Assent — The granting of Royal Assent is the formal method by which a constitutional monarch completes the legislative process of lawmaking by formally assenting to an Act of Parliament. While the power to withhold Royal Assent was once exercised often,… …   Wikipedia

• Veto Players — Veto Players: How Political Institutions Work [ [http://press.princeton.edu/titles/7419.html Tsebelis, G.: Veto Players: How Political Institutions Work ] ] is a book written by political science professor George Tsebelis in 2002. It is a game… …   Wikipedia

• The Warlock in Spite of Himself — is a science fantasy novel by American author Christopher Stasheff, published in 1969. It is the first book in the Warlock of Gramarye series. PlotThe novel centers around Rod Gallowglass, a SCENT agent, who stumbles across the planet Gramarye.… …   Wikipedia

• Royal Assent (Ireland) — The granting, reserving or withholding of the Royal Assent was one of the key roles, and potentially one of the key powers, possessed by the Governor General of the Irish Free State. Until it was granted, no bill passed by the Oireachtas… …   Wikipedia

• Royal Air Force Ensign — The Royal Air Force Ensign is the official flag which is used to represent the Royal Air Force. The Ensign has a field of air force blue with the Union Flag in the canton and the Royal Air Force roundel in the middle of the fly.Early history and… …   Wikipedia

• Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (Training) Branch — The Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (Training Branch), often abbreviated to RAFVR(T) is a voluntary element of the British Royal Air Force specifically appointed in a training role within the RAFVR. Members of the RAFVR(T) have no call up… …   Wikipedia

• The Legislative Assembly and the fall of the French monarchy — The French Revolution was a period in the history of France covering the years 1789 to 1799, in which republicans overthrew the Bourbon monarchy and the Roman Catholic Church perforce underwent radical restructuring. This article covers the one… …   Wikipedia

• The Irish (in Countries Other Than Ireland) —     The Irish (in countries other than Ireland)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Irish (in countries other than Ireland)     I. IN THE UNITED STATES     Who were the first Irish to land on the American continent and the time of their arrival are …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Veto — For other uses of Veto , see Veto (disambiguation). A veto, Latin for I forbid , is the power of an officer of the state to unilaterally stop an official action, especially enactment of a piece of legislation. Veto: An emphatic prohibition of any …   Wikipedia