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Definition of Home rule
1. Noun. Self-government in local matters by a city or county that is part of a national government.
Definition of Home rule
1. Noun. The rule or government of an appendant or dependent country, as to all local and internal legislation, by means of a governing power vested in the people within the country itself, in contradistinction to a government established by the dominant country. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
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Literary usage of Home rule
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1914)
"House of commons enters the final home rule flght. Cur. Opinion. 56: 178-9. Mr.
44. ... Plea for home rule from the Protestant standpoint. S. Churchill. ..."
2. The American Year Book: A Record of Events and Progress by Francis Graham Wickware, (, Albert Bushnell Hart, (, Simon Newton Dexter North, William M. Schuyler (1918)
"Framed under the home-rule provisions of the California constitution, ...
home rule.—Municipal home rule received scant consideration at the hands of the ..."
3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1887)
"THE FIGHT FOR home rule. J UST one year and one month ago I wrote a paper on ...
At the time when I wrote that paper home rule was the gonfalon of a small, ..."
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