"royal assent" meaning in English

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Noun

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Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} royal assent (uncountable)
  1. (government) The method by which a constitutional monarch formally approves and promulgates an act of his or her nation's parliament, thus making it a law. Wikipedia link: royal assent Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Government, Monarchy Translations (method by which a constitutional monarch approves a law): 御準 (Chinese Mandarin), 御准 (yùzhǔn) (Chinese Mandarin), kuninkaan hyväksyntä (Finnish), sanción real [feminine] (Galician), consentimento real [masculine] (Portuguese), короле́вская са́нкция (korolévskaja sánkcija) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-royal_assent-en-noun-M7BQ-HlK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations Topics: government

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