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See also:ABDICATION (See also:Lat. abdicatio, disowning, renouncing, from ab, from, and dicare, to declare, to proclaim as not belonging to one) , the See also:act whereby a See also:person in See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office renounces and gives up the same before the expiry of the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time for which it is held. In See also:Roman See also:law, the See also:term is especially applied to the disowning of a member of a See also:family, as the disinheriting of a son, but the word is seldom used except in the sense of surrendering the supreme See also:power in a See also:state. Despotic sovereigns are at See also:liberty to divest themselves of their See also:powers at any time, but it is other-See also:wise with a limited See also:monarchy. The See also:throne of See also:Great See also:Britain cannot be lawfully abdicated unless with the consent of the two Houses of See also:Parliament. When See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James II., after throwing the great See also:seal into the See also:Thames, fled to See also:France in 1688, he did not formally resign the See also:crown, and the question was discussed in parliament whether he had forfeited the throne or had abdicated. The latter designation was agreed on, for in a full See also:assembly of the Lords and See also:Commons, met in See also:convention, it was resolved, in spite of James's protest, " that See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King James II. having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of the See also:kingdom, by breaking the See also:original See also:contract between king and See also:people, and, by the See also:advice of See also:Jesuits and other wicked persons, having violated the fundamental See also:laws, and having withdrawn himself out of this kingdom, has abdicated the See also:government, and that the throne is thereby vacant." The Scottish parliament pronounced a See also:decree of See also:forfeiture and deposition. Among the most memorable abdications of antiquity may be mentioned that of See also:Sulla the See also:dictator, 79 B.C., and that of the See also:Emperor See also:Diocletian, 'A.D. 305. The following is a See also:list of the more important abdications of later times:
See also:Benedict IX., See also:pope . .
See also:Stephen II. of See also:Hungary
See also:Albert (the See also:Bear) of See also:Brandenburg .
See also:Ladislaus III. of See also:Poland .
See also:Celestine V., pope .
L ohn See also:Baliol of See also:Scotland ohn Cantacuzene, emperor of the See also:East See also:chard II. of See also:England See also:John See also:XXIII., pope
See also:Erie VII. of See also:Denmark and XIII. of See also:Sweden See also:Murad II., See also:Ottoman See also:Sultan
See also:Charles V., emperor .
See also:Christina of Sweden . .
John Casimir of Poland
L 2ABDOMEN
A.D.
lames II. of England 16$8
rederick See also:Augustus of Poland 1704
See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip V. of See also:Spain 1724
See also:Victor Amadeus II. of See also:Sardinia 173o
Ahmed III., Sultan of See also:Turkey 1730
Charles of See also:Naples (on See also:accession to throne of Spain) 1759
See also:Stanislaus II. of Poland . 1795
Charles Emanuel IV. of Sardinia ^ See also:June 4, 1802
Charles IV. of Spain . See also:Mar. 19, 18o8
See also:Joseph See also:Bonaparte of Naples June 6, 1808
Gustavus IV. of Sweden . Mar. 29, 1809
See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis Bonaparte of See also:- HOLLAND
- HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
- HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
- HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
- HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
- HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
- HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
- HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART
Holland . See also:July 2, 1810
See also:Napoleon I., See also:French Emperor. See also:April 4, 1814, and June 22, 1815
Victor Emanuel of Sardinia . Mar.
13, 1821
Charles X. of France Aug. 2, 1830
Pedro of See also:Brazil 1 April 7, 1831
See also:Miguel of Portgual . May 26, 1834
See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William I. of Holland Oct. 7, 1840
Louis Philippe, king of the French Feb. 24, 1848
Louis Charles of See also:Bavaria . Mar. 21, 1848
See also:Ferdinand of See also:Austria Dec. 2, 1848
Charles Albert of Sardinia Mar. 23, 1849
See also:Leopold II. of See also:Tuscany my 21, 1859
See also:Isabella II. of Spain . June 25, 1870
Amadeus I. of Spain . eb. II, 1873
See also:Alexander of See also:Bulgaria See also:Sept. 7, 1886
See also:Milan of See also:Servia .
Mar.
End of Article: ABDICATION (Lat. abdicatio, disowning, renouncing, from ab, from, and dicare, to declare, to proclaim as not belonging to one)
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