Examples of Privy Council in the following topics:
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- Beginning late in the 17th century, the administration of all British colonies was overseen by the Board of Trade, a committee of the Privy Council.
- The governor's council would advise the governor and sit as an upper house when the assembly was in session.
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- Anyone who refused to pay would be imprisoned without trial and if they resisted, sent before the Privy Council.
- They held that imprisonment was illegal, except under law; habeas corpus should be granted to anyone, whether they are imprisoned by the King or the Privy Council; defendants could not be remanded in custody until the crime they were charged with was shown; and non-Parliamentary taxation such as the forced loans was illegal (the first three later became the foundations of the Habeas Corpus Act 1679).
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- In addition to advising the governor, the governor's council would sit as an upper house when the assembly was in session.
- This representation could come in the form of an Executive Council to help with the colony's administration or, in a further stage of self-government, Legislative Councils and Assemblies in which the governor often played a role.
- The assemblies usually met for a single, brief session, although the council or governor could and sometimes did call a special session.
- The Board of Trade (originally known as the Lords of Trade or Lords of Trade and Plantations) was a committee of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, first established as a temporary committee of inquiry in the 17th century that evolved gradually into a government department with a diverse range of functions.
- By 1775, the authority of its English governor, Sir Robert Eden, had been effectively usurped by the Annapolis Convention, and Eden was eventually asked by the Maryland Council of Safety to step down as governor.
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- After Kalākaua's death, his sister Queen Liliʻuokalani appointed him to her Privy Council on August 31, 1891.
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- Anne, Mary II's younger sister and William's sister-in-law through his marriage to Mary, ascended to the British throne and at once assured the Privy Council of her two main aims: the maintenance of the Protestant succession and the reduction of the power of France.
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- Progressivism led to a shift in city governance from a mayor and an ineffective council to a stronger council or commission structure.
- The system whereby a city was governed by a powerful mayor and council was replaced by the council-manager or the commission system.
- Under the council-manager system, the council would pass laws while the manager would ensure their execution.
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- Each colony had a system of governance including a governor, a council of officials appointed by the governor, and an elected assembly.
- The Governor's Council or the Governor's Court were the senior advisors to the governor.
- The colonial governor appointed council members who served as the government in the case of an absentee governorship.
- Council members were ex-officio members who served by virtue of holding another public office.
- For example, the head of the militia, the chief justice, and the king's attorney were also council members.
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- The Security Council is part of the Executive Office of the President of the United States .
- Truman, the function of the Council has been to advise and assist the President on national security and foreign policies.
- Council also has counterparts in the national security councils of many other nations.
- The National Security Council is chaired by the President.
- Identify the main function of the United States National Security Council
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- The system whereby a city was governed by a powerful mayor and council was replaced by the council-manager, or the commission system.
- Under the council-manager system, the council would pass laws, while the manager would ensure their execution.