Accordingly, as the law stood before 1870, every person who by birth or naturalisation satisfied the conditions set forth, though he should be removed in infancy to another country where his family resided, owed an allegiance to the British crown which he could never resign or lose, except by act of parliament or by the recognition of the independence or the cession of the portion of British territory in which he resided.

South Australia became a self-governing colony in 1856 with the ratification of a new constitution by the British parliament.

Thus, during the abdication crisis of 1936, caused by Edward VIII's desire to marry Wallis Simpson, the consent of all realms concerned, along with, in some cases, new acts of parliament, was required in Britain and throughout the British Dominions to allow for Edward's stepping aside and to ensure that if he had any children they would have no claim to the thrones.

The Irish Free State, whose consent to the Abdication Act was also required, neither gave it nor allowed the British legislation to take effect in the Free State's jurisdiction ; instead, the Irish parliament passed its own Act — the Executive Authority ( External Relations ) Act — the day after the Declaration of Abdication Act took force elsewhere, meaning Edward VIII, for one day, remained King of Ireland while George VI was king of all the other realms.

Since 1999, the German parliament has again assembled in Berlin in its original Reichstag building, which dates from the 1890s and underwent a significant renovation under the lead of British architect Sir Norman Foster.

The conclusions of the imperial premiers conference of 1926 were restated by the 1930 conference and incorporated in the Statute of Westminster of December 1931, by which the British parliament renounced any legislative authority over dominion affairs, except as specifically provided in law.

Legislation introducing Home Rule, i. e. limited self-government for Ireland within the United Kingdom, was passed by the British parliament in 1914, but its implementation was immediately postponed because of the outbreak of the First World War.

1888 — Cook Islands are proclaimed a British protectorate and a single federal parliament is established.

The proclamation, which established an appointed colonial government, was the de facto constitution of Quebec until 1774, when the British parliament passed the Quebec Act, which expanded the province's boundaries to the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, which was one of the grievances listed in the United States Declaration of Independence.

In the interim, the British parliament periodically passed enabling acts with respect to amendments to Canada's constitution ; this was never anything but a rubber stamp.

This was an Act of the British parliament, originally called the British North America Act 1867.

Part V of this act established an amending formula for the Canadian constitution, the lack of which ( due to more than 50 years of disagreement between the federal and provincial governments ) was the only reason Canada's constitutional amendments still required approval by the British parliament after ratification of the Statute of Westminster in 1931.

In UK, the parallel act passed simultaneously by the British parliament was called the Canada Act 1982.

As a bilingual act of parliament, the Canada Act 1982 has the distinction of being the only legislation in French that has been passed by an English or British parliament since Norman French ceased to be the language of government in England.

After his return from exile in India and Sikkim during January 1913, he assumed control of foreign relations and dealt directly with the Maharaja and the British Political officer in Sikkim and the king of Nepal rather than letting the Kashag or parliament do it.

Ronald later became a member of parliament, during World War II became a link between the British and United States governments, and lent his country house, Ditchley Park near Oxford, to Churchill for weekend visits when the official residences were considered unsafe.

* 1907: Twelve members of the British parliament nominate Zamenhof for the Nobel Peace Prize.

" Despite this ruling, a bill to add discrimination based on subculture affiliation to the definition of hate crime in British law was not presented to parliament.

In some cases, an abdication cannot occur unilaterally, but comes into effect only when approved by an act of parliament, as in the case of British King Edward VIII.

The British proposed establishing an international parliament to enact labour laws which each member of the League would be required to implement.

An Irish parliament committee, and others, allege that British security forces were involved.

* 1976 – The Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention is formally dissolved in Northern Ireland resulting in direct rule of Northern Ireland from London by the British parliament.

* July 7 – Royal assent to the Jewish Naturalization Act: The British Parliament extends citizenship to Jews

This area extends into Canada, particularly Ontario and the Prairie Provinces, although southeast Quebec, the interior of British Columbia, and western New Brunswick are also tornado-prone.

It extends east from the Pacific Ocean between Vancouver Island, British Columbia, and the Olympic Peninsula, Washington, to Haro Strait, San Juan Channel, Rosario Strait, and Puget Sound.

The town of Edmeston, in Otsego County, extends to the west as far as the Unadilla River, a line that was established by the 1768 Treaty of Fort Stanwix between the British and the Iroquois, negotiated by Sir William Johnson.

The Columbia Icefield, at the northern end of Banff, straddles the Banff and Jasper National Park border and extends into British Columbia.

However, the origin of the Church in the British Isles extends farther back ( see above ).

The Lassen volcanic area lies at the southern extremity of the Cascade Range, which extends northward some from Lassen Peak within the park through Oregon and Washington and into British Columbia.

The summer breeding range extends as far north as the Pacific Northwest, British Columbia, and Montana.

Volcanism near the Cascades dates back to 55 million years ago ( mya ), and extends from British Columbia to California.

The nearly contiguous range of the Northern Spotted Owl extends from southwestern British Columbia south through western Washington and Oregon to Marin County on the north-central coast of California.

* March 19 – The British Overseas Airways Corporation ( BOAC ) extends its Hong Kong service to Japan.

Although often hailed as the ' godfather of British performance art ', Brisley is a more complex figure, whose practice extends to painting, community projects and pseudo-curatorial installations.

The normal range of the Anise Swallowtail extends from British Columbia and North Dakota at its northern extreme, south to the Baja California peninsula and other parts of Mexico.

The exception is an area known as Inland Tlingit, which extends up the Taku River and into northern British Columbia and the Yukon Territory around the Atlin ( Áa Tleen “ Big Lake ”) and Teslin ( Desleen < Tas Tleen “ Big Thread ”) lake districts, as well as a concentration around Bennett Lake at the end of the Chilkoot Trail ( Jilkhoot ).

The route extends from southeastern Alaska, in the United States, through western British Columbia, in Canada, to northwestern Washington state, in the United States.

It is generally accepted that the Inside Passage starts in Puget Sound in Washington and then extends north, first along the British Columbia Coast and then the Alaska Panhandle.

In his third film, The Lodger, Expressionism's influence extends to set designs, lighting techniques, and trick camera work to the British public against the wishes of his studio.

The dike complexes of the British Tertiary Volcanic Province which includes Skye, Rum, Mull, and Arran of western Scotland, the Slieve Gullion region of Ireland, and extends across northern England contains many examples of diabase dike swarms.

Despite its naming as a canal, the inlet is a fjord, a completely natural and not man-made geographic feature and extends northward from the Portland Inlet at Pearse Island, British Columbia, to Stewart, British Columbia and Hyder, Alaska.

Sungai Lembing town developed in the 1880's when the British set up the tin mining industry, although the history of mining in this area extends much further back.

The population of the suburb itself, which extends beyond the boundaries of the civil parish was about 7000 people The ethnic mix was 98. 3 % white ( White British, White Irish, or White Other ), 0. 4 % Asian, 0. 4 % Black British, 0. 1 % Chinese, and 0. 8 % mixed race.

* 1832: The British Reform Act extends voting rights and legalizes trade unions