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Statute of Westminster 1931 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1145 words) |
 | The Statute of Westminster 1931 was the enactment of the United Kingdom Parliament (December 11, 1931) which established a status of legislative equality between the self-governing dominions of the British Empire and the United Kingdom. |
| The Statute applied to the dominions which existed in 1931: the Dominions of Canada and New Zealand, Newfoundland, the Irish Free State, the Commonwealth of Australia, and the Union of South Africa. |
| The Statute gave effect to certain political resolutions passed by the Imperial Conferences of 1926 and 1930, in particular the Balfour Declaration of 1926. |
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