PRIVY COUNCIL

privy council

Privy Council. In Britain, the principal council of the sovereign, composed of the cabinet ministers and other persons chosen by royal appointment to serve as privy councillors. • The functions of the Privy Council are now mostly ceremonial. See JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL.

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privy council

privy council (1)(统治者或高级官员的)私人顾问团;私人智囊团 (2)〔P- C-〕〈英〉枢密院 由诺曼王朝时代的御前会议〔curia regis〕发展而来,始设于15世纪亨利六世〔Henry Ⅵ〕时代,原为英王之下的最高行政机关,18世纪20年代其地位由责任内阁取代后,成为国王的咨询机关。枢密院成员人数不定,但参加的法定人数是3人,通常是4人应召参加。其职能主要为主持皇室典礼、就某些事务向国王提供建议、发布公告等。枢密院内设许多专门委员会,而最重要的枢密院司法委员会〔Judicial Committee of the Privy Council〕是管辖英联邦殖民地案件的最高上诉法院。 (→King’s Council;Star Chamber)

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