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  2. Absolute monarchy - Wikipedia

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    Absolute monarchy [1] [2] ... Saudi Arabia is an absolute monarchy, and according to the Basic Law of Saudi Arabia adopted by Royal Decree in 1992, ...

  3. King's Law - Wikipedia

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    The King's Law (Danish: Kongeloven) or Lex Regia (also called the Danish Royal Law of 1665 [1]) was the absolutist constitution of Denmark and Norway from 1665 until 1849 and 1814, respectively. It established complete hereditary and absolute monarchy and formalized the king's absolute power, and is regarded the most sovereign form [ 2 ] of all ...

  4. Absolute monarchy in France - Wikipedia

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    Absolute monarchy in France slowly emerged in the 16th century and became firmly established during the 17th century. Absolute monarchy is a variation of the governmental form of monarchy in which the monarch holds supreme authority and where that authority is not restricted by any written laws, legislature, or customs.

  5. List of current monarchies - Wikipedia

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    Liechtenstein and Monaco are constitutional monarchies in which the Prince retains many powers of an absolute monarch. For example, the 2003 Constitution referendum gives the Prince of Liechtenstein the power to veto any law that the Landtag (parliament) proposes and vice versa. The Prince can hire or dismiss any elective member or government ...

  6. List of countries by system of government - Wikipedia

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  7. Africa's Eswatini, one of the last absolute monarchies, holds ...

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    Eswatini, wedged between South Africa and Mozambique, is the last absolute monarchy in Africa and one of the few remaining in the world. King Mswati III, 55, has been the monarch since 1986, when ...

  8. Ancien régime - Wikipedia

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    Despite the notion of "absolute monarchy" (typified by the king's right to issue orders through lettres de cachet) and efforts to create a centralized state, ancien régime France remained a country of systemic irregularities: administrative, legal, judicial, and ecclesiastic divisions and prerogatives frequently overlapped, the French nobility ...

  9. Absolutism - Wikipedia

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    Absolute monarchy, in which a monarch rules free of laws or legally organized opposition; Autocracy, a political theory which argues that one person should hold all power Tsarist autocracy, is a form of autocracy (later absolute monarchy) specific to Russia