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...t that the English Bill of Rights was literally a bill which is a proposed law, that was passed by Parliament in 1689. Bills of rights require proper enf ...It is therefore not as permanent as a ''constitutional'' bill of rights. A constitutional bill of rights cannot be changed except with the approval of that country's

...s Queen of the United Kingdom, sixteen Commonwealth Realms and head of the British Commonwealth overall; she has an important office title, but no [[power]] o ...beginning to make it unsuitable to apply to a head of state with limited [[constitutional]] [[authority]], such that its use may become increasingly inappropriate in

...[[formal]] or [[informal]] [[system]] of [[primary]] [[principle]]s and [[law]]s that [[regulate]]s a [[government]] or other [[institution]]. ...nstitutions, the term ''constitution'' could be applied to any important [[law]] that governed the functioning of a government.

..., and most often the [[head of state]]. Thus the legal maxim, "there is no law without a sovereign." ...mer colonies. Popular sovereignty also exists in other forms, such as in [[constitutional monarchies]], usually identical in political reality as in the [[Commonweal

...civil government.[3] Theocratic governments enact [[Theonomy|theonomic]] [[law]]s. ...erstood theocracy as a fourth form of government in which only God and his law is [[sovereign]]. Josephus' definition was widely accepted until the enligh

...t]] is the [[body]] that has the power to make and [[authority]] to make [[law]]s, rules, and policies. Governments exist in all institutions that have l ...he distinction between forms of government has become more complex; in a [[constitutional monarchy]], for instance, there is a [[monarch]] as head of state, but actu

...e Calendar (New Style) Act 1750, implemented in 1752, altered the official British dating method to the Gregorian calendar with the start of the year on Janua ...Small, who introduced the enthusiastic Jefferson to the writings of the [[British Empiricists]], including [[John Locke]], [[Francis Bacon]], and [[Isaac New

===The English Church in British North America (1497-1775)=== ...ay have been near Astoria, Oregon or, speculatively, much further north in British Columbia. The exact location has never been certain but is