Thesaurus entry: abdication

Article: Abdication
West's Encyclopedia of American Law;      700+ words ...ABDICATION Renunciation of the privileges and prerogatives ... inferior into the hands of a superior; abdication is the relinquishment of an office which ... lies primarily in the irrevocability of abdication. Once an office or throne is abdicated ...

Article: Kuwait waits for abdication of ailing emir, parliament ...
AP Worldstream;  January 24, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Kuwaitis waited Tuesday for the expected abdication of their ailing emir, Sheik Saad Al ... royal family more time to finalize the abdication. The prime minister, Sheik Sabah Al ... time to consider the request for his abdication, lawmaker Nasser al-Saneh said ...

Article: Royal letters on abdication crisis stay locked away
The Scotsman;  March 2, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... American divorcee who precipitated the 1936 abdication crisis, it emerged yesterday. Eight ... also his confidant during and after the abdication. Edward gave up the throne less than ... relating to members of Royal Family and the abdication to be treated under the 100-year rule ...

Article: Abdication letters 'set for release'.(National)
The Birmingham Post (England);  February 28, 2000 ;     360 words ... ... from the Queen Mother about the 1936 abdication of Edward VIII, were set to be released ... Viscount Monckton of Brenchley, after the abdication crisis. Telegrams between Adolf Hitler ... Duke sympathised with fascism. The abdication crisis led to a lengthy and bitter feud ...

Article: Abdication not the British way
The Scotsman;  May 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... He said: "I don't see any sign of abdication, the Queen enjoys it, she does it ... celebrate her jubilee, to talk about abdication." If the Queen's health deteriorated ... when George III became incapacitated. Abdication has not been seen in a voluntary capacity ...

Article: Congressional Abdication on War and Spending.(Review)
Presidential Studies Quarterly;  June 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Congressional Abdication on War and Spending. By Louis Fisher ... not be disappointed by Congressional Abdication on War and Spending. And for those ... discussion and to his claims regarding abdication of power. The law stipulates in section ...

Article: The Abdication of the Intellectuals: Sociology, ...
SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia;  October 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... intellectual betrayal but of intellectual abdication: of avoiding what should have been ... default. Theirs has been a truly fateful abdication. The second work, less seriously recalled ... required them to make. Again, the abdication of the social science intellectuals ...