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Explanation: "An office established by the crown in 1361, the monarch appointed Justices usually from among the nobles, county gentry, or more rarely, the clergy. ..." www.foda.org.uk/oaths/intro/glossary.htm
" any other body established by the Crown or under statute in order substantially to perform any of the functions that had previously been performed by ..." www.hmrc.gov.uk/selling/control-contract.pdf -
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"The Court of Star Chamber was established by the Crown in 1487 to try offences dealing with the safety of the state before a council. Its scope expanded over time to include a wider array of criminal matters and a limited number of civil matters, such as suits between corporations and prize cases. In its final years the court was infamous for cruelty, arbitrary nature and illegal extensions of power. It was abolished in 1641. Crompton's L'Authoritie et Iurisdiction L'Authoritie et Iurisdiction des Courts de la Maiestie de la Roygne (1594) is one of the best sources we have today about the court system of his day." www.find-a-book.com/member/catalogues.php3?catnr=3076.
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A literal translation as "royal power" doesn't really fit the context and though the Crown would probably have founded the hospital by royal decree (I'm not sure whether there were alternative methods), that is not what the French source text says.
The capital letter for "Crown" is optional, but best used if referring to a particular monarch.
Tks all for the suggestions. The term that I was trying to think of was "the Crown"... The lead in text is "La phase effervescente de la Réforme catholique est alors passée et les congrégations prennent naissance dans la phase d’institutionnalisation, en même temps que les séminaires et les nouveaux statuts synodaux, pour améliorer l’encadrement du peuple chrétien..."
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royal decree
Explanation: A royal decree of 27 April 1656 founded a General Hospital charged with preventing “… begging and laziness as the sources of all disorders.” (Foucault 1961, p. 90) In England and Germany and elsewhere in Europe there were workhouses and poorhouses with a similarly catholic clientele.
"John's reign was marked by conflict with the barons, particularly over the limits of royal power"
"The next monarch, Edward I, was far more successful in maintaining royal power, and was responsible for the conquest of Wales"
"David II died childless in 1371 and was succeeded by his nephew Robert II of the House of Stuart. The reigns of both Robert II and his successor, Robert III, were marked by a general decline in royal power"
Chris Hall United Kingdom Local time: 17:10 Native speaker of: English
Explanation: Hospital Politics in Seventeenth-Century France: The Crown, Urban ...
by JM Macdonald - 2009
16 Apr 2009 ... Tim McHugh's primary aim in Hospital Politics in ... the crown's power as absolute in the realm of hospital politics. ... In the first section, McHugh explores theories on charity and poor relief as well as the crown's edicts on hospitals. ... were never able to end the presence of beggars in Paris. ...
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liz askew United Kingdom Local time: 17:10 Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 4
Explanation: The Royal Prerogative
Royal Prerogative is the term given to the formal powers of the Crown within the executive process of British politics. The Royal Prerogative are the powers ... www.historylearningsite.co.uk › British Politics
Carol Gullidge United Kingdom Local time: 17:10 Specializes in field Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 35
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the Crown
Explanation: "An office established by the crown in 1361, the monarch appointed Justices usually from among the nobles, county gentry, or more rarely, the clergy. ..." www.foda.org.uk/oaths/intro/glossary.htm
" any other body established by the Crown or under statute in order substantially to perform any of the functions that had previously been performed by ..." www.hmrc.gov.uk/selling/control-contract.pdf -
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"The Court of Star Chamber was established by the Crown in 1487 to try offences dealing with the safety of the state before a council. Its scope expanded over time to include a wider array of criminal matters and a limited number of civil matters, such as suits between corporations and prize cases. In its final years the court was infamous for cruelty, arbitrary nature and illegal extensions of power. It was abolished in 1641. Crompton's L'Authoritie et Iurisdiction L'Authoritie et Iurisdiction des Courts de la Maiestie de la Roygne (1594) is one of the best sources we have today about the court system of his day." www.find-a-book.com/member/catalogues.php3?catnr=3076.
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A literal translation as "royal power" doesn't really fit the context and though the Crown would probably have founded the hospital by royal decree (I'm not sure whether there were alternative methods), that is not what the French source text says.
The capital letter for "Crown" is optional, but best used if referring to a particular monarch.
B D Finch France Local time: 18:10 Specializes in field Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 19
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Tks. That's the general term I was trying to remember.
The translation workplace 
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