The wars which attended his accession both in Hungary and in Persia terminated unfavourably for the empire, and its prestige received its first check in the Treaty of Zsitvatorok, signed in 1606, whereby the annual tribute paid by Austria was abolished.

For example, Bhutan has abolished the death penalty, but Thailand still retains it, although Buddhism is the official religion in both.

The title of Emperor of Austria and the associated Empire were both abolished at the end of the First World War in 1918, when German Austria became a republic and the other kingdoms and lands represented in the Imperial Council established their independence or adhesion to other states.

Uncomfortable with the workings of democratic ststem, unruliness in the East Pakistan parliamentary elections and the threat of Baloch separatism in West-Pakistan, Bengali President Iskandar Ali Mirza issued a proclamation that abolished all political parties in both West and East Pakistan, abrogated the two-year old constitution, and imposed the first martial law in the country on October 7, 1958.

On 4 August 1789, the National Constituent Assembly abolished feudalism ( although at that point there had been sufficient peasant revolts to almost end feudalism already ), in what is known as the August Decrees, sweeping away both the seigneurial rights of the Second Estate and the tithes gathered by the First Estate.

On 4 August 1789, the Assembly abolished feudalism, in what became known as the August Decrees, sweeping away both the seigneurial rights of the Second Estate ( nobility ) and the tithes gathered by the First Estate ( clergy ).

Greater administrative power was given to both the leaders of the prefectures and of the provinces, while power was taken away from the vicariates of the dioceses, of which a number were abolished.

This is one of the reasons why both India and Pakistan abolished jury trials soon after independence.

In 2009 both decrees of 1938 and 1946 were abolished, restoring the old name.

* They argue that the Dogmatic Constitution Pastor æternus concerns the permanence of the primacy of the Holy See over the universal church and condemns as heretical the propositions that the authority granted to St. Peter by Christ either was abolished after his death or devolved to the college of bishops, both positions that were argued by Orthodox theologians.

The independence of Transylvania is recognized by both sides and Austria's annual tribute to the Ottomans is abolished.

Ceremonial kneeling and crawling are both abolished, and the ceremonial custom of standing of the Tang Court is practiced.

Although the judge found maintenance and champerty are constitutional, he questioned whether criminal liability for maintenance should be retained in Hong Kong as liability for both maintenance and champerty were abolished in places such as England and South Australia.

It would achieve under the eyes of an international disarmament organization, a steady reduction in force, both nuclear and conventional, until it has abolished all armies and all weapons except those needed for internal order and a new United Nations Peace Force.

The Catalan and Valencian Generalitats were both abolished by the Nueva Planta decrees, signed by Philip V of Spain at the start of the eighteenth century, and only reinstated after the death of Franco in 1975, although in Catalonia it also had a brief existence during the Second Spanish Republic.

For example, the post of provincial governor and the provincial assembly were both abolished and replaced with a nine-member special council.

They were both created by the Constitutional Act of 1791 and abolished in 1841 with the union of Upper and Lower Canada.

Under French law, both Sally and James could have petitioned for their freedom, as the 1789 revolutionary constitution in France abolished slavery in principle.

In Britain these were both abolished in 1948.

The French Revolution abolished mercenary troops in its citizen army, but Napoleon I and the Restoration Monarchy both made use of Swiss troops.

BG Richard M. Hurst took command from May 1960 until December 1961 when both ABMA and ARGMA were abolished and the remnants were folded directly into AOMC.

In December 1922, when the Irish Free State came into being, both the Aireacht and the Provisional Government were abolished and superseded by the Executive Council of the Irish Free State.

The Halifax and Huddersfield Turnpike Act of 1823 allowed for the building of Calder Bridge, or Brighouse Bridge, over the river on what was to become the A641 road ; tolls were abolished on the bridge in 1875 and extensive widening work was undertaken in 1905 and 1999 ( both of these latter dates being commemorated in dedication stones on the bridge ).

In particular, the Parliament of Mechelen ( established formally by Charles the Bold in 1470 ) was abolished and replaced with the pre-existing authority of the Parliament of Paris, which was considered an amenable counterweight to the encroaching, if informal, centralization undertaken by both Charles the Bold and Philip the Good.

Under the terms of the merger, the separate Parliaments of Great Britain and Ireland were abolished, and replaced by a united Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The Commonwealth abolished the Parliaments of Ireland and Scotland.

The common law offence of affray was abolished for England and Wales on 1 April 1987.

In England and Wales the common law offence of being a common barator was abolished by section 13 ( 1 )( a ) of the Criminal Law Act 1967.

As part of a large-scale reform of local government in England and Wales in 1974, municipal boroughs were finally abolished ( having become increasingly irrelevant ).

It is still used in the United States but the distinction between felony and misdemeanour is abolished in England and Wales and Northern Ireland.

The monarchy was then abolished and a republic called the Commonwealth of England, also referred to as the Cromwellian Interregnum, was declared.

With tariffs with England now abolished, the potential for trade for Scottish merchants was considerable.

* 1986 – Six metropolitan county councils are abolished in England.

It was condemned in the Magna Carta of 1215, and was abolished in England in 1340 under Edward III.

* The Hearth Tax is abolished in Scotland, one year after its abolition in England and Wales.

* Trial by ordeal is abolished in England.

* February 24 – The privileges of the Hanseatic League are abolished in England.

In total therefore the Act disfranchised 143 borough seats in England ( one of the boroughs to be completely abolished, Higham Ferrers, had only a single representative ).

Torture was abolished in England around 1640 ( except peine forte et dure, which was abolished in 1772 ).

England abolished torture in about 1640 ( except peine forte et dure, which England only abolished in 1772 ), Scotland in 1708, Prussia in 1740, Denmark around 1770, Russia in 1774, Austria and Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1776, Italy

In the states of Connecticut, Rhode Island, and much of Massachusetts, county government has been abolished and the municipalities ( known as New England towns ) are the only governing tier below the state government, though the former counties still exist in the ceremonial sense.

The substantive title of " Lord of the Manor " is not generally recognised today in the law of England and Wales, and the legal concept of the manor having been abolished when the manorial courts were abolished, the residents of a former manor owe no legal recognition to a person who holds such title.

The Local Government Act 1972 abolished all existing local authorities outside London ( other than parish councils ) in England and Wales.

Turnpike trusts were established in England from 1706 onwards, and were ultimately responsible for the maintenance and improvement of most main roads in England and Wales, until they were gradually abolished from the 1870s.