Along with the Bill of Rights 1689, it remains today one of the main constitutional laws governing the succession to not only the throne of the United Kingdom, but, following British colonialism, the resultant doctrine of reception, and independence, also to those of the other Commonwealth realms, whether by willing deference to the act as a British statute or as a patriated part of the particular realm's constitution.

Housman's poetry, especially A Shropshire Lad, provided texts for a significant number of British, and in particular English, composers in the first half of the 20th century.

The Australia of 1904 saw exactly the same kit as in 1899, and it seemed that the British touring sides had settled on kits particular to the host destination.

They are usually considered closest in form to British broadside ballads and in terms of style are largely indistinguishable, however, they demonstrate a particular concern with occupations, journalistic style and often lack the ribaldry of British broadside ballads.

In particular, the British Museum ’ s collections covering the period AD 300 to 1100 are among the largest and most comprehensive in the world, extending from Spain to the Black Sea and from North Africa to Scandinavia.

Products are commonly specified as meeting a particular British Standard, and in general this can be done without any certification or independent testing.

By comparison, the former colony of the United Province of Canada ( divided into the District of Canada East, and the District of Canada West ) and the western provinces were dozens of times larger and in some cases were expanded to take in territory formerly held in British Crown grants to companies such as the Hudson's Bay Company ; in particular the November 19, 1869 sale of Rupert's Land to the Government of Canada under the Rupert's Land Act 1868 was facilitated in part by Maritime taxpayers.

He is probably best known today for his historical work on the British radical movements in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, in particular The Making of the English Working Class ( 1963 ).

His experience in the region and in particular his perceived Labour sympathies at that time led to Clement Attlee appointing him Viceroy of India after the war, charged with overseeing the transition of British India to independence no later than 1948.

The aftermath of the Rising, and in particular the British reaction to it, helped to sway a large section of Irish nationalist opinion away from hostility or ambivalence and towards support for the rebels of Easter 1916.

This upset the British in particular, as they were long concerned with preserving the Ottoman Empire and preventing a Russian takeover of the Bosphorus Strait.

Remi also immersed himself in literature, in particular enjoying the novels of British and American authors, such as Huckleberry Finn, Treasure Island, Robinson Crusoe and The Pickwick Papers.

Since the 1950s and 1960s in particular, the Irish have become assimilated into the British population.

Irish clergy, notably Cullen, made particular use of the reach of the British Empire to spread their influence.

This appointment ( by the ILO's British Director-General, C. Wilfred Jenks ) drew particular criticism from AFL-CIO president George Meany and from Congressman John E. Rooney.

Many British researchers dismissed Lord May's pronouncements, and the British journal Chemistry & Industry in particular printed an article rebutting his arguments.

The treaty had several provisions, but in particular it set the boundary between British North America and the United States along the 49th parallel through the Rocky Mountains.

British artist Keith Coventry has used Malevich's paintings to make comments on modernism, in particular his Estate Paintings.

Many episodes in the Wimsey books express a mild satire of the British class system, in particular in depicting the relationship between Wimsey and Bunter, the two of them clearly being the best and closest of friends, yet Bunter invariably punctilious in using " my lord " even when they are alone, and " his lordship " in company.

* Merchant marine, a collective term for all of the merchant ships, shipping companies, and merchant mariners, usually of a particular country ; also known in British usage as the Merchant Navy

#: The Three Governments have taken note of the discussions which have been proceeding in recent weeks in London between British, United States, Soviet and French representatives with a view to reaching agreement on the methods of trial of those major war criminals whose crimes under the Moscow Declaration of October, 1943 have no particular geographical localization.

For ships, a kedge may be dropped while a ship is underway, or carried out in a suitable direction by a tender or ship's boat to enable the ship to be winched off if aground or swung into a particular heading, or even to be held steady against a tidal or other stream.

For ships entering the estuary, the immediate loss of wind due to the cliffs was a particular hazard, often resulting in ships being swept onto the Doom Bar.

The discovery of two particular buried vessels at Gokstad and Oseberg in Norway provided information about the Viking ships.

Graves was also concerned about some ships in his own fleet ; Europe in particular had difficulty manoeuvring.

* The forests, whose timber was very appreciated by the Greek cities to build their ships: in particular, it is known that Athens made commercial treaties with Macedon in the 5th century BC to import the timber necessary for the construction and the maintenance of its fleet of war.

The cuisine of Nice is especially close to those of Provence but also Liguria and Piedmont and uses local ingredients ( olive oil, anchovies, fruit and vegetables ) but also those from more remote regions, in particular from Northern Europe, because ships which came to pick up olive oil arrived full of food products, such as dried haddock.

The crew, and not the captain, decided whether to attack a particular ship, or a fleet of ships.

Aircraft ( in particular transport aircraft ) comprised about a quarter of the shipments to Britain, followed by food, land vehicles and ships.

In particular, fast commercial vessels such as container ships can cause major injuries or death when they collide with marine mammals.

Some have compared planets with life ( in particular Earth ) to generation ships.

After going into hiding, Heechee scout ships are periodically sent outside the black hole to check on developments through the universe in general and the emerging Earth in particular.

No ship's use detracts from that of others, but since most of the benefit of a lighthouse accrues to ships using particular ports, lighthouse maintenance fees can often profitably be bundled with port fees ( Ronald Coase, The Lighthouse in Economics 1974 ).

The use of real ships allows the film to pay particular attention to detail, including the bells ringing before each salvo, the scorching on the gun barrels after the battle, and the accurate depiction of naval procedures.

These are temporary organisations composed of particular ships, aircraft, submarines, military land forces, or shore service units, assigned to fulfill certain missions.

Also, unarmed merchant vessels which did not demonstrate " persistent refusal to stop ... or active resistance to visit or search " could not be sunk without the ships ' crews and passengers being first delivered to " a place of safety " ( for which lifeboats did not qualify, except under particular circumstances ).

Cofresí felt that the Spaniards were oppressing the Puerto Ricans in their " own home " and he began assaulting Spanish ships along with the American and English vessels that were being used to export the island's resources, gold in particular.

Many ships applied their own endorsements so collecting examples of all ships of a particular shipping line can be aspired to.

The career of the modern fire ship, as a naval vessel type designed for this particular function and made a permanent addition to a fleet, roughly parallels the era of cannon-armed sailing ships, beginning with the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588 and lasting until the English victory over the Turks at the Battle of Navarino in 1827.

Sailing ships in particular were used as a trademark.

The slogan itself was never actually government or even rebel policy ; for all its rhetoric, Satsuma in particular had close ties with the West, purchasing guns, artillery, ships and other technology.

In particular, British ironclads had a deeper draught and could not operate in American coastal waters, leaving a close blockade dependent on wooden ships vulnerable to Union ironclads.