Though the UK parliament remains the sovereign parliament, Scotland has a parliament and Wales and Northern Ireland have assemblies.

Though the sovereign remains the fount of justice, he or she cannot unilaterally establish new courts or act as a judge.

Though she was expected to cede power to Francis and Joseph, both of whom were officially her co-rulers in Austria and Bohemia, Maria Theresa was the absolute sovereign who ruled by the counsel of her advisers.

Though it has been argued that the term head of state is a republican one inapplicable in a constitutional monarchy such as Canada, where the monarch is the embodiment of the state and thus cannot be head of it, the sovereign is regarded by official government sources, judges, constitutional scholars, and pollsters as the head of state, while the governor general and lieutenant governors are all only representatives of, and thus equally subordinate to, that figure.

Though the monarch does not personally rule in judicial cases, this function of the Royal Prerogative instead performed in trust and in the Queen's name by officers of Her Majesty's court, common law holds the notion that the sovereign " can do no wrong "; the monarch cannot be prosecuted in her own courts, judged by herself, for criminal offences.

Though the group is predominantly based in the United Kingdom, the sovereign and those amongst her relations who do not meet the requirements of Canadian citizenship law are still considered Canadian ; as early as 1959, it was recognized that the Queen was " equally at home in all her realms.

Though their forms of government may have been similar, they were completely sovereign from the USSR and held only formal ties.

Though this power remains the Crown's, through convention it is exercised by the Queen-in-Council ; that is, the executive, or, the sovereign acting on the advice of her ministers of the Crown.

Though the National Order of Quebec was established with the granting of Royal Assent by Quebec's lieutenant governor and the Canadian sovereign is the fount of honour, the viceroy does not, unlike other provinces, form an explicit part of the organization.

Though the Act places the determination of sovereign immunity fully in the hands of the judiciary, many courts have expressed reluctance to find that a defendant is a sovereign if the " state " in question is one that the U. S. government has not officially recognized, even if the defendant may arguably satisfy the definition of statehood under international law.

Though legally the princeps civitatis ( his official title, roughly ' first citizen ') could never become a sovereign, as the republic was never officially abolished, emperors were deified as divus, first posthumously but by the Dominate period while reigning.

Though Proudhon opposed this type of income, he expressed that he had never intended "... to forbid or suppress, by sovereign decree, ground rent and interest on capital.

Though all executive power is legally reposed in the Crown, the role of commander-in-chief is primarily symbolic in practice ; under the Westminster system's conventions of responsible government, the Cabinet which advises the sovereign or her viceroy on the exercise of the executive powers holds de facto decision making power over the deployment and disposition of Canadian forces.

Though the title " abbot " is not given in the Western Church to any but actual abbots of monasteries today, the title archimandrite is given to " monastics " ( i. e., celibate ) priests in the East, even when not attached to a monastery, as an honor for service, similar to the title of monsignor in the Western / Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church.

Though most modern vendors serve only the bigger 1 / 4 " pearls, they still use " pearl tea " as the name.

" Down from the waist they're centaurs, / Though women all above "

Though this is true when comparing a single crochet swatch with a stockinette swatch, both made with the same size yarn and needle / hook, it is not necessarily true for crochet in general.

Though it comes from the area of software development, it can be, has been, and continues to be widely applied as a general model of the maturity of process ( e. g., IT service management processes ) in IS / IT ( and other ) organizations.

Though present and allowed to speak before the council, members of the Imperial Roman / Byzantine court, abbots, priests, monks and laymen were not allowed to vote.

Though English pronouns can have subject and object forms ( he / him, she / her ), nouns show only a singular / plural and a possessive / non-possessive distinction ( e. g., chair, chairs, chair's, chairs &# 39 ;).

Though the latter is not specific for IC / BPS, it has been determined to be helpful in predicting the use of compounds, such as pentosan polysulphate, which are designed to help repair the GAG layer.

Though not possible in traditional Latin dances like Rumba, Cha-cha, Tango Argentino because of partner separation, hip contact is a harmonious and sensual way of communicating movement to the partner, used primarily in Standard or Ballroom Dances ( English / slow Waltz, European Tango, Quickstep etc.

Though considerable variation exists, and peak flows in the venae cavae have been found between 0. 1 m / s and 0. 45 m / s.

Though different foods travel through the body at rates, an average speed through the human small intestine is 2. 16 m / h ( 0. 036 m / s ).

Though, " traditional functions do not apply ," such as the, " brief forays into another key ," implied by secondary dominants, the, " traditional ," ' five-of ' ( V / x ) names are often used by musicians without formal training and are useful to, " distinguish them from the ... chords of the chromatic-minor system.

Though the concept of a shared universe was not new or unique to comics in 1961, writer / editor Stan Lee, together with several artists including Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, created a series of titles where events in one book would have repercussions in another title and serialized stories would show characters ' growth and change.

Though ecologically logical as well as economical, pig toilets are waning in popularity as use of septic tanks and / or sewerage system is increasing in rural areas.

Though there is no civilian definition within the U. S., any firearm utilizing a projectile greater than 1 / 2 inch (. 50 caliber or 12. 7 mm ) in diameter is legally defined as a " destructive device ," while anything. 50 caliber or less is normally considered " small arms.

Though Boccaccio portrays many of the women of these stories in a positive light, most of the men in the stories are stereotypical medieval / Renaissance cuckolds.

Though the " host of heaven " has traditionally been interpreted as either the stars / heavenly bodies or the host of angels / heavenly spirits depending on the context, some again have interpreted this term to refer to a pantheon of Israelite gods.

Though quarter-comma meantone is the most common type, other systems that flatten the fifth by some amount, but that still equate the major whole tone ( 9 / 8 in just intonation ) with the minor whole tone ( 10 / 9 in just intonation ), are also called meantone systems.

Though the federal viceroy is considered primus inter pares amongst his or her provincial counterparts, the governor general also outranks the lieutenant governors in the federal sphere ; at provincial functions, however, the relevant lieutenant governor, as the Queen's representative in the province, precedes the governor general.

Though during his own lifetime Odoacer maintained the legal fiction that he was actually ruling Italy as the viceroy of Zeno, historians mark 476 as the traditional date of the fall of the Roman Empire in the West.

The largest bout of publicity around LeBlanc and regarding his governor generalcy came immediately after the announcement of his appointment to the post: Though previous governors general had worked as politicians prior to and after serving as viceroy, the recommendation of a prominent Liberal Party politician and organiser was criticised as being little more than a patronage gift from the Prime Minister to a loyal party member.

Though Franco had been installed as the supreme military leader of the nationalists, Queipo de Llano retained a strong power base in the south, which he governed almost as an independent viceroy.

Though he is also concerned with freeing dance from pedestrian modes of activity, Merce Cunningham has selected a very different method for achieving his aim.

Though sex in some form or other enters into all human activity and it was a good thing that Freud emphasized this aspect of human nature, it is fantastic to explain everything in terms of sex.

Though it centers around the brilliant and enigmatic figure of Charles 12,, the true hero is not finally the king himself.

Though versatile and capable of turning out a ballad lyric with the best of them, Mercer's forte is a highly polished quasi-folk wit.

Though creeks in the Santa Cruz mountains flow brimful the year round and it is forever spring, the apples that grow there have a wintry crackle.

Though there is obviously nothing new about these techniques, they do challenge the worker's skill to articulate them precisely on the spot and on the basis of quick and accurate diagnostic assessments.

Though there is obviously great need for continued experimentation with various types of short-term intervention to further efforts in developing an operational definition of prevention at the secondary -- or perhaps, in some instances, primary -- level, the place of short-term intervention has already been documented by a number of investigators in a wide variety of settings.

Though it is not easy to apply the evidence of the Iliad to any specific era, this marvelous product of the epic tradition had certainly taken definitive shape by 750.

Though now complete, the publication is included in this directory because of its importance and because of the long-term nature of its preparation.

Though there are many exceptions, which we have noted in preceding pages, white wine is as a rule best consumed between two and six years old, and red wines, nowadays, between three and ten.

Though his character is broader and more comically rounded than the don, he gives it a firmness and toughness -- a sort of peasant dignity -- too.

Though Aristotle wrote many elegant treatises and dialogues ( Cicero described his literary style as " a river of gold "), it is thought that the majority of his writings are now lost and only about one-third of the original works have survived.

Though the prison chaplain accuses the state of stripping Alex of free will, the government officials on the scene are pleased with the results and Alex is released into society.

Though her personal contact with Alfred Nobel had been brief, she corresponded with him until his death in 1896, and it is believed that she was a major influence in his decision to include a peace prize among those prizes provided in his will.

Though the word atom originally denoted a particle that cannot be cut into smaller particles, in modern scientific usage the atom is composed of various subatomic particles.

Though the ceremony installs the new abbot into a position of legal authority, it does not confer further sacramental authority-it is not a further degree of Holy Orders ( although some abbots have been ordained to the episcopacy ).

Though she is one of the few gods of the Greek Pantheon to be actually married, she is frequently unfaithful to her husband.

Though the are has fallen out of use, the hectare is still commonly used to measure land:

Though their holding-power-to-weight ratio is significantly lower than admiralty pattern anchors, their ease of handling and stowage aboard large ships led to almost universal adoption.

Though some of the masonry in the ruins is certainly pre-Roman, the Suda's identification of it with Cyinda, famous as a treasure city in the wars of Eumenes of Cardia, cannot be accepted in the face of Strabo's express location of Cyinda in western Cilicia.

Though the resolution is historically significant, Hideaki Uemura, professor at Keisen University in Tokyo and a specialist in indigenous peoples ' rights, commented that the motion is " weak in the sense of recognizing historical facts " as the Ainu were " forced " to become Japanese in the first place.