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==Definition== | ==Definition== | ||
In the [[:en:Kingdom of England]] (up to 1707), the [[:en:Kingdom of Great Britain]] (1707–1800) and the [[:en:United Kingdom]] (since 1801), the Royal Prerogative historically was one of the central features of the [[:en:realm]]'s governance. | In the [[:en:Kingdom of England|Kingdom of England]] (up to 1707), the [[:en:Kingdom of Great Britain|Kingdom of Great Britain]] (1707–1800) and the [[:en:United Kingdom|United Kingdom]] (since 1801), the Royal Prerogative historically was one of the central features of the [[:en:realm|realm]]'s governance. | ||
Constitutional theorist [[:en:AV Dicey]] gives the standard definition of what prerogative powers are: | Constitutional theorist [[:en:AV Dicey|AV Dicey]] gives the standard definition of what prerogative powers are: | ||
{{quote|... the remaining portion of the Crown's original authority, and it is therefore ... the name for the residue of discretionary power left at any moment in the hands of the Crown, whether such power be in fact exercised by the King himself or by his Ministers.<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200304/cmselect/cmpubadm/422/42204.htm House of Commons - Public Administration - Fourth Report<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>}} | {{quote|... the remaining portion of the Crown's original authority, and it is therefore ... the name for the residue of discretionary power left at any moment in the hands of the Crown, whether such power be in fact exercised by the King himself or by his Ministers.<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200304/cmselect/cmpubadm/422/42204.htm House of Commons - Public Administration - Fourth Report<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>}} | ||
