- home rule
- noun Date: 1860 self-government or limited autonomy in internal affairs by a dependent political unit (as a territory or municipality)
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Home Rule — bedeutet autonome Selbstverwaltung und wird in der Regel mit der Geschichte des späten 19. Jahrhunderts / frühen 20. Jahrhunderts zwischen Irland und dem Königreich Großbritannien in Verbindung gebracht. Auch die Autonomie Grönlands (dänisch:… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Home rule — refers to a demand that constituent parts of a state be given greater self government within the greater administrative purview of the central government. In the United Kingdom, it has traditionally referred to self government, or devolution, for … Wikipedia
home rule — n: self government or limited autonomy in internal affairs by a dependent political unit (as a territory or municipality); also: the political theory or principle of self government Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. home … Law dictionary
Home rule — Home Home, a. 1. Of or pertaining to one s dwelling or country; domestic; not foreign; as home manufactures; home comforts. [1913 Webster] 2. Close; personal; pointed; as, a home thrust. [1913 Webster] 3. (Games) In various games, the ultimate… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Home-Rule — Home|rule, Home Rule [ hoʊmru:l ], die; [engl. home rule = Selbstregierung]: politisches Schlagwort für das von der irischen Nationalpartei angestrebte (1922 außer in Ulster verwirklichte) Ziel, die Selbstständigkeit Irlands auf parlamentarischem … Universal-Lexikon
HOME RULE — L’expression signifie «autonomie interne» et a pu être employée dans des occasions variées. Historiquement, elle appartient à l’Irlande: elle est la revendication, à partir de 1870, d’un mouvement pour «un gouvernement autonome» qui, opposé à la… … Encyclopédie Universelle
home rule — 1860, originally in reference to Ireland, from HOME (Cf. home) + RULE (Cf. rule) … Etymology dictionary
home rule — англ. (хоум рул) см. гомруль. Толковый словарь иностранных слов Л. П. Крысина. М: Русский язык, 1998 … Словарь иностранных слов русского языка
home rule — n [U] the right of a country or area to have its own government and laws … Dictionary of contemporary English
home rule — noun uncount a form of government in which people have control in their own country, rather than being controlled by another country or EMPIRE … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
home rule — home′ rule′ n. gov self government in local matters by a city, province, state, colony, or the like • Etymology: 1855–60 … From formal English to slang
