Royal assent is the method by which a country's constitutional monarch (possibly through a delegated official) formally approves an act of that nation's parliament, thus making it a law or letting it be promulgated as law. In the vast majority of contemporary monarchies, this act is considered to be little more than a formality; even in those nations which still permit their ruler to withhold the royal assent (such as the United Kingdom, Norway, and Liechtenstein), the monarch almost never does so, save in a dire political emergency or upon the advice of their government. While the power to withhold royal assent was once exercised often in European monarchies, it is exceedingly rare in the modern, democratic political atmosphere that has developed there since the 18th century. COUNT 6
QSN1 Royal assent is a process of approving a nation's legislative acts by whom? ANS1 constitutional monarch QSN2 Which three modern monarchies allow their ruler to withhold royal assent? ANS2 United Kingdom, Norway, and Liechtenstein QSN3 Since which century have modern political processes forgone royal assent? ANS3 18th QSN4 What nations allow the withold of the royal assent? ANS4 United Kingdom, Norway, and Liechtenstein QSN5 Under what circumstances does a monarch typically use the royal assent? ANS5 a dire political emergency or upon the advice of their government QSN6 Is usage of the royal assent frequent or rare in today's societies? ANS6 exceedingly rare