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dominion n Cp O Sup2 ~ 2 b (c) esp 1912, 1931 quots.
Newfoundland as a self-governing part of the British Empire and Commonwealth. Cp COLONY.
[1917] 1918 KEITH (ed) ii, 399 [Sir Edward Morris] But in all other
matters the Colonies, as they have been termed [before the Colonial Conference of 1907],
the Dominions, have enjoyed the full benefits and advantages of responsible Government,
and that has been year after year broadened out. [1918] 1971 NOEL 131n The first official
assumption of the title Dominion was in the Speech from the Throne on 23rd April last.
1922 Sat Ev Post 2 Sep, p. 123 The Dominion's prosperity hangs largely on the
annual hunt. [1931] 1932 KEITH (ed) 304 [Statute of Westminster] In this Act the
expression 'Dominion' means any of the following Dominions, that is to say, the Dominion
of Canada, the Commonwealth of Australia, the Dominion of New Zealand, the Union of South
Africa, the Irish Free State and Newfoundland. 1933 Nfld Royal Commission Report
202 It is fully present to our minds that, in view of Newfoundland's status as a
Dominion, neither part of the plan can be put into effect except on the initiative of the
Newfoundland Government and Legislature.
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