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Statute of Westminster

British  

noun

  1. the act of Parliament (1931) that formally recognized the independence of the dominions within the Empire

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Fifteen years after Gallipoli, the Statute of Westminster wound up the Empire as far as the old dominions were concerned and all the bits were free.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2011

And then, of course, you’d have to repeat it again, in 1931, with the signing of the Statute of Westminster, and in 1982, when Queen Elizabeth II signed the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

From Salon Feb. 12, 2010

The 1931 Statute of Westminster removed from Britain the right to withhold consent to laws passed by Dominion Parliaments.

From Time Magazine Archive

By the Statute of Westminster in 1931, Great Britain released the Dominions from virtually all rule by London.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thus we have noted in the Statute of Westminster I, A.D.

From Popular Law-making by Stimson, Frederic Jesup

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