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Line 6: Originally, the demise of the Crown in England had significant legal effects: individuals who had been appointed to office by the deceased monarch lost their positions; if [[Parliament of the United Kingdom\|Parliament]] was sitting, it automatically dissolved; and actions in the [[Royal Courts of Justice\|royal courts]] automatically discontinued and had to be re-started. Almost all of these legal effects have been abolished by statutes of the British Parliament and the parliaments of the Commonwealth realms, so that the demise of the Crown no longer has much legal significance. Although the concept of the demise of the Crown originally was based on the monarch's death, it was used in 1936 to describe the transfer of the Crown to [[George VI]] upon the [[~~Abdication of Edward VIII\|~~abdication]] of [[Edward VIII]], as the Act of Parliament that gave legal effect to the abdication specified that, upon the instrument of abdication taking effect, Edward VIII would cease to be King and there would be a demise of the Crown. Other monarchies use different terminologies for the end of a [[reign]].

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