Privy
81Privy Purse — In the past, the UK s Civil Government day to day costs were paid for by the sovereign under normal circumstances, the monies in this Public Purse being raised from the income of the Crown Estate lands and holdings. Under extraordinary… …
82Privy midden — Diagram of an improved midden closet in Nottingham The privy midden (also midden closet) was a toilet system that consisted of a privy associated with a midden (or middenstead). They were widely used in rapidly expanding industrial cities such as …
83Privy Council of Sweden — The High Council of Sweden or Council of the Realm (in Swedish Riksrådet until 1687; sometimes Latinised as Senatus Regni Sueciae ) consisted originally of those men of noble, common and clergical background, that the king saw fit for advisory… …
84Privy Council Ministry — The Privy Council Ministry was a short lived reorganization of English government that was reformed to place the Ministry under the control of the Privy CouncilThe governments of Europe. Frederic Austin Ogg. Published by Macmillan, 1913. ] in… …
85Privy Seal of Japan — The Privy Seal of Japan is the Emperor of Japan s official seal. It is square and its inscription 天皇御璽 is written in the seal script (篆書:tensho). It has two lines of vertical writing. On the right hand side is 天皇 ( Tenno ) and on left hand side… …
86Privy examination — A privy examination was an American legal practice in which a married woman who wished to sell her property had to be separately examined by a judge or justice of the peace outside of the presence of her husband and asked if her husband was… …
87Privy Council of the United Kingdom — Conseil privé (Royaume Uni) Pour les articles homonymes, voir conseil privé. Royaume Uni …
88Privy seal — A privy seal was in use during the reign of King John. From c. 1230 during Henry Ill s reign it became a permanent feature of royal administration, being used to authenticate letters less formal than those issued by the *chancery. It was usually… …
89privy purse — noun allowance for a monarch s personal expenses • Hypernyms: ↑allowance * * * noun the privy purse : the amount of money given to the British king or queen for personal expenses * * * the ˌprivy ˈpurse [privy purse] …
90Privy Council — In England, the principal council of the sovereign, composed of the cabinet ministers, and other persons chosen by the king or queen as privy councillors. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council acts as a court of ultimate appeal in various… …
