Legal Definition and Related Resources of Prime Minister

In England, Canada and other commonwealth countries, the statesman who, in response to a summons from the sovereign , accepts a commission to form a ministry. Like the cabinet council , the Prime minister is unknown to the law and the constitution , for legally and according to the fictions of the constitution, no one privy councillor has, as such, any superiority over another, yet practically the Prime Minister is a pivot on which the whole administration turns. He selects his colleagues and by his resignation of office dissolves the ministry.

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Prime Minister in Historical Law

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Prime Minister in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of Prime Minister. This legal term is related to the United Kingom and/or the English Legal System.

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See Also

• Law Enforcement Officer
• Police
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• Prime Minister in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• Prime Minister in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis