home rule
noun
: self-government or limited autonomy in internal affairs by a dependent political unit (such as a territory or municipality)
Examples of home rule in a Sentence
The citizens petitioned for home rule.
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Foreign policy played a secondary, but still important, role in the demise of the Liberal Party when the question of home rule for Ireland led Ulster Unionists to feel betrayed.
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Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
In the meantime, Park Ridge being a home rule municipality, the north suburb is taking on the issue.
—Jesse Wright, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2025
Associate Court of Appeals Judge Jenny Rivera, the lone dissenter to Thursday’s ruling, wrote in her own opinion that the city’s home rule ability to have decision-making power over local matters should’ve trumped the state constitutional restriction.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2025
Foreign policy played a secondary, but still important, role in the demise of the Liberal Party when the question of home rule for Ireland led Ulster Unionists to feel betrayed.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
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Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
In the meantime, Park Ridge being a home rule municipality, the north suburb is taking on the issue.
—Jesse Wright, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2025
Associate Court of Appeals Judge Jenny Rivera, the lone dissenter to Thursday’s ruling, wrote in her own opinion that the city’s home rule ability to have decision-making power over local matters should’ve trumped the state constitutional restriction.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2025
Foreign policy played a secondary, but still important, role in the demise of the Liberal Party when the question of home rule for Ireland led Ulster Unionists to feel betrayed.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
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“Home rule.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home%20rule. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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