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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 318 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DISSOLUTION (from See also:Lat. dissolvere, to break up into parts) , the See also:act of dissolving or reducing to constituent parts, especially of the bringing to an end an association such as a See also:partnership or See also:building society, and particularly of the termination of an See also:assembly. A dissolution of See also:parliament in See also:England is thus the end of its existence, brought about by the efflux of See also:time in accordance with the Septennial Act 1716, or by an exercise of the royal See also:prerogative. This is done either in See also:person, or by See also:commission, if parliament is sitting; if prorogued, then by See also:proclamation. The word is used as a synonym for end or See also:death.

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