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<p><b>Royal assent</b> is the method by which a <a href="page.php?w=monarch">monarch</a> formally approves an act of the legislature, either directly or through an official acting on the monarch's behalf. In some jurisdictions, royal assent is equivalent to <a href="page.php?w=promulgation">promulgation</a>, while in others that is a separate step. Under a modern <a href="page.php?w=constitutional_monarchy">constitutional monarchy</a>, royal assent is considered little more than a formality. Even in nations such as the <a href="page.php?w=United_Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>,</p><p>
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