Legislative Union


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(Eng. Hist.) the union of Great Britain and Ireland, which took place Jan. 1, 1801.

See also: Union

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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Kanter (history, Florida Atlantic U.) traces the emergence and solidification amongst the British elite for legislative union with Ireland over the period 1740-1848.
The making of British unionism, 1740-1848; politics, government and the Anglo-Irish constitutional relationship
The NHS became Wales' biggest employer and the Tudors' legislative union with England was undermined.
Time to blow away stale cliches of Welsh history; Wales is an ever-changing country. But what makes this small nation on the edge of Europe the place it is today? Historian and political commentator Hywel Williams, the presenter of a forthcoming television series on the topic, discusses the shape of modern Wales
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