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Instrument of Government
Instrument of Government n. (a) a written constitution of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland, in force between 1653 and 1657, under the terms of which executive authority was exercised by the Lord Protector, and legislative authority by a unicameral parliament, elected on the basis of a property franchise; (b) a record of the name and constitution of the governing body of a school, required of every secondary school in the United Kingdom under the terms of the Education Act of 1944.
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1653 S. Richardson Plain Dealing 4 We enjoy as much liberty as can be expected, as much as can be given, as much as lawfully may be desired, if that which is expressed in the instrument of government be performed.
1654 O. Cromwell Last Speech Ld. Protector to Parl. 8 And to that end that no obstruction might arise thereupon, the Instrument of Government was tendered for a subscription.
1762 D. Hume Hist. Eng. (new ed.) VI. ii. 59 The instrument of government was taken in pieces, and examined, one article after another.
1884 C. H. Firth in J. M. Low & F. S. Pulling Dict. Eng. Hist. 818/1 On the whole the Petition and Advice established a far more workable distribution of political power than the instrument of government.
1944 Act 7 & 8 Geo. VI c. 31 §17 The instrument of management or the instrument of government, as the case may be, shall be in the case of a county school by an order of the local education authority.
1988 Parl. Affairs 41 347 The Civil War..led to the establishment of the Commonwealth, organised by the Instrument of Government of 1653. That, incidentally, did claim to be an entrenched constitution.
1998 Church Times 9 Oct. 20/1 Church schools are..preparing to write their new ethos statements, which will form a key part of their new instruments of government.
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