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dominion, power to rule, or that which is subject to rule. Before 1949 the term was used officially to describe the self-governing countries of the Commonwealth of Nations Commonwealth of Nations, voluntary association of Great Britain and its dependencies, certain former British dependencies that are now sovereign states and their dependencies, and the associated states (states with full internal government but whose external
..... Click the link for more information. —e.g., Canada, Australia, or India. In 1949 India became a republic within the Commonwealth, and the use of the term dominion has since been largely abandoned because it is thought to imply subordination. Now these states are simply referred to as members of the Commonwealth.

dominion

1. the land governed by one ruler or government

2. a name formerly applied to self-governing divisions of the British Empire

3. (capital) the. New Zealand

Dominion

until 1947, the designation of the members of the British Commonwealth. The king of England was the head of the dominions and was represented in them by governors-general.

The term “dominion” was first used at an imperial conference in 1926, which asserted that the United Kingdom and the dominions are autonomous communities within the British Empire, equal in status and in no way subordinate to each other in any aspect of their domestic or external affairs, although they are united by a common allegiance to the crown. However, the organization of power in terms of dominions had been introduced earlier. Dominion status was conferred on Canada in 1867, the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901, New Zealand in 1907, the Union of South Africa in 1910, Newfoundland in 1917, and Ireland in 1921. The imperial conferences of 1926 and 1930 officially recognized the complete independence of the dominions in domestic and foreign policy and their political and legal equality with the motherland. The Statute of Westminster of 1931 legally established the sovereignty of the dominions.

Although the term “dominion” was officially replaced in 1947 by the term “member of the Commonwealth,” the form of rule in the former dominions and their legal status within the Commonwealth did not change. In 1971 the dominion form of rule existed in principle in Canada, the Commonwealth of Australia, New Zealand, Ceylon, the island of Mauritius, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Jamaica, Fiji, and Sierra Leone.

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No references found	PRETTY POLLY raced at two, three and four between 1903 and 1906 and won 22 of her 24 races, namely the British Dominion Plate, the National Breeders' Produce Stakes, Mersey Stakes, Champagne Stakes, Autumn Breeders' Foal Plate, Cheveley Park Stakes, Middle Park Plate, Criterion Stakes, Moulton Stakes, 1,000 Guineas, Oaks, Coronation Stakes, Nassau Stakes, St Leger, Park Hill Stakes, Free Handicap, Coronation Cup (twice), Champion Stakes, Limekiln Stakes, Jockey Club Cup and March Stakes. Right back to Pretty Polly; LETTERS by The Racing Post (London, England) 1834: Slavery was abolished in all British dominions. Onthisday by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England) 1834: Slavery was abolished in all British dominions. ON THIS DAY IN .. by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)	Britannia britannia cell britannia metal Britannicus britholite British British absolute system of units British Airways British American Tobacco PLC British Antarctic Territory British antilewisite British Bank of the Middle East British Board of Agrement British Board of Agrément British Broadcasting Corporation British Broadcasting Corporation BBC British Cameroons British Columbia British Columbia Conservation Foundation British Columbia Day British Columbia Water, Land & Air Ministry British Columbia Wildlife Federation British Columbia, University British Columbia, University of British Commonwealth of Nations British dominion British East Africa British East India Company British Empire British engineering system of units British Expeditionary Force British gravitational system of units British Guiana British Honduras British imperial pound British Imperial System of weights and measures British India British Indian Ocean Territory British Interplanetary Society British Invasion British Isles British Library British Library Method British Museum British Museum Library British North America British North America Act British North Borneo British Open British Socialist Party BSP British Somaliland	British Dermatological Nursing Group British Development Division in Central Africa British Development Division in the Caribbean British Diabetic Association British Dietetic Association British Digital Broadcasting British Direct Mail Advertising Association British Direct Mail Users' Association British Direct Marketing Association British Disability Discrimination Act British Disabled Angling Association British Disabled Flying Association British Disabled Flying Club British Disabled Lifters Association British Disabled Ski Team British Disabled Water Ski Association British Disc Golf Association British disease British Disposable Products Association British Divers Marine Life Rescue British Division of the International Academy of Pathology British Documents on the End of Empire British dog tick British Domesticated Ostrich Association British dominion British Double Reed Society British Double Standard Time British Double Summer Time British Drag Racing Association British Dragonfly Society British Dressage Ltd British Drift Championship British Drilling and Freezing British Driving Society British Drug Free Powerlifting Association British Dummersee Yacht Club British Dyslexia Association British Earth Sheltering Association British East Africa British East Africa British East Africa British East African Protectorate British East African Protectorate British East India Company British East India Company British East India Merchant Company British East India Tea Company British East India Trading Company British Ecological Society British Edible Pulse Association British Education and Training Technology British Education Association British Education Communications Technology Agency

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PRETTY POLLY raced at two, three and four between 1903 and 1906 and won 22 of her 24 races, namely the British Dominion Plate, the National Breeders' Produce Stakes, Mersey Stakes, Champagne Stakes, Autumn Breeders' Foal Plate, Cheveley Park Stakes, Middle Park Plate, Criterion Stakes, Moulton Stakes, 1,000 Guineas, Oaks, Coronation Stakes, Nassau Stakes, St Leger, Park Hill Stakes, Free Handicap, Coronation Cup (twice), Champion Stakes, Limekiln Stakes, Jockey Club Cup and March Stakes.

Right back to Pretty Polly; LETTERS by The Racing Post (London, England)

1834: Slavery was abolished in all British dominions.

Onthisday by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)

1834: Slavery was abolished in all British dominions.

ON THIS DAY IN .. by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)

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