What is The Crown?

Answer 1

The Crown is an institution of the Commonwealth Realms (independent countries that used to form the British Empire and still share the same monarch) that exercises executive, legislative, and judicial authority throughout the Realms. As a legal concept, it is a corporation whose sole officer is the Monarch of the Realms, currently Queen Elizabeth II.

Authority only belongs to the Crown on behalf of a given jurisdiction. The Crown acting on behalf of a jurisdiction is termed the Crown in Right of that jurisdiction (e.g. the Crown in Right of the United Kingdom, the Crown in Right of New Zealand, or the Crown in Right of Queensland). The Crown in Right of a jurisdiction is controlled by the laws and institutions of that jurisdiction, and is legally distinct from the Crown in Right of any other. For example, the Crown in Right of Canada can make and execute laws in Canada, but only with the advice and consent of the Canadian Parliament and Privy Council, respectively, and subject to existing Canadian laws, including Canada's constitution. Since no Realm has jurisdiction over any other, this makes all the Realms independent.

Government property is also owned by the Crown, but only in Right of a jurisdiction, and its use is subject to that jurisdiction's laws. The jurisdictions of the Crown include each of the Realms, as well as any subdivisions thereof that draw authority directly from the Crown, such as Canada's provinces, Australia's states, the United Kingdom's Crown Dependencies, etc... The relationships among a Realm and its subdivisions depend entirely on the constitutional structure of the Realm. Each jurisdiction, other than the United Kingdom proper, typically has an official who represents the Queen, termed Governor-General, Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, or simply Queen's Representative, whose role varies from place to place.

Because the Realms are all legislatively independent, the law controlling succession to the throne must be amended separately in each. As the Crown is shared, the governments of the Realms must agree on any changes, and the changes have to be ratified by all the Realms' legislatures before they can come into effect. Each Realm can change its succession laws independently, but only if it first chooses to leave the shared Crown arrangement.

Answer 2

Police in Mankato, Minn. believe a synthetic drug called 2C may be 2 deaths in Mankato, possible link to synthetic drug in gold crown bags.