Statute of Westminster
Britishnoun
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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
By the Statute of Westminster in 1931, all the Dominions got the autonomous rights that Mackenzie King demanded for Canada.
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
Now, returning to the year of the Statute of Westminster, we found, in 1275, also the Statute of Bigamy, aimed against priests with more than one wife.
From Popular Law-making by Stimson, Frederic Jesup
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