popular consent

collocation in English

meaningsofpopularandconsent

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popular
adjective
uk
/ˈpɒp.jə.lər/us
/ˈpɑː.pjə.lɚ/
liked, enjoyed, or supported by ...
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consent
noun
uk
/kənˈsent/us
/kənˈsent/
permission ...
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(Definition ofpopularandconsentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In the modern world, after all, constitutional monarchy, if it is to survive, must be a monarchy which rests onpopularconsent.
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But one can at least note that none of those opposed to the election results argued against the importance ofpopularconsentor of electoral practice itself.
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These questions are important because it is likely that governments which seek power on the basis ofpopularconsentwill face restrictions in their use of coercion in tax collection.
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That stretches his argument ofpopularconsentand popular support a little too far.
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A referendum is a means of obtainingpopularconsent; it is not a substitute for government.
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Oil was king bypopularconsent, not coal.
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Bypopularconsent, such intervention is undertaken in the public interest.
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What is necessary is to ensure thatpopularconsentis present.
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Our democracy is out of balance and dangerously short onpopularconsentand participation.
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Every single grant-maintained school did so because the parents, bypopularconsent, voted that the school should become a grant-maintained school.
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The political question concerns the issue ofpopularconsent.
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Should not that surrender of sovereignty be subjected topopularconsent, as expressed in a referendum?
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However,popularconsentcannot be achieved in referendums and there is no intergovernmental agreement.
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Only where clearpopularconsentis established will arrangements be made for elected regional assemblies.
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He made the basic point that the only way to get the treaty settled in and accepted and to getpopularconsentis to let the people speak.
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By extending this legislation to an area in which there is nopopularconsentfor such extension, there is a serious danger of damaging the rule of law.
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There was no question ofpopularconsent.
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We have said that we sought no territory, that we would recognise no territorial changes which were not the result of free contract andpopularconsent, and so on.
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Should not we at least agree that it is a system which is constructed by different countries, for different reasons, with different measures ofpopularconsent?
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