Royal Prerogative: Difference between revisions

The '''Royal Prerogative''' is a body of customary authority, privilege, and immunity, recognized in [[common law]] and, sometimes, in [[Civil law (legal system)|civil law]] jurisdictions possessing a monarchy as belonging to the [[Sovereign]] alone.<ref>In [[Commonwealth]] realms, the wording "[[the Crown]]" is usually used in this context instead of "King or Queen"</ref> It is the means by which some of the [[executive (government)|executive]] powers of government, possessed by and vested in a [[monarch]] with regard to the process of governance of their state, are carried out. Individual prerogatives can be abolished by Parliament, although in the [[United Kingdom]] special procedure applies.  

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