Talk:Letters Patent Constituting the Office of Governor-General of New Zealand

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21st century?

This sentence makes no sense:

The style was criticised as "quaint, and certainly not belonging to a century other than the 21st."

It's probably supposed to say, "certainly belonging to" but I don't have access to the original. MosheEmes (talk) 17:54, 24 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, the same sentence was quoted in a book, This Realm of New Zealand: The Sovereign, the Governor-General, the Crown, as "quaint, and certainly belonging to a century other than the 21st."^[1] I will correct the quote in the article. --Hazhk (talk) 20:55, 24 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=-zU7DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT98

"Royal decree"

While the description of this instrument as a "royal decree" is indeed what is taught in NZ law schools, this description ignores the fact that Letters Patent are a well-established class of instruments, and also that using patents to erect vice-regal offices in the British Empire/Commonwealth is a standard non-eyebrow-raising move. However I see that there is a link to the main Letters Patent article later on. Perhaps stating somewhere that these Letters Patent are not an ad hoc creation may be useful. 101.113.148.66 (talk) 12:33, 22 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

[1] ttps://books.google.co.uk/books?id=-zU7DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT98

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