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The following 6 entries include the term in council.
governor-general-in-council
noun: the governor-general in a member nation of the British Commonwealth acting with the advice and consent of the nation's Privy Council usually as a formal means of giving legal effect to cabinet decisions
governor-in-council
noun: the governor of a British colony acting with the advice and usually in the presence of the executive council but not always with its consent
: the British monarch acting with the advice and consent of the privy council usually as a formal means of giving legal effect to cabinet decisions —used when the British monarch is a king
order-in-council
noun: an order having the full force of law that is issued by the British monarch acting by and with the advice of the Privy Council or by a governor-general acting by and with the advice of the privy council or similar body of a member nation of the British Commonwealth usually as a means of giving legal effect to a decision of the cabinet in areas not involving parliamentary action
queen-in-council
noun: the British monarch acting with the advice and consent of the privy council usually as a formal means of giving legal effect to cabinet decisions —used when the British monarch is a queen
queens-in-council
plural of queen-in-council
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