Master of His Own Demise

Slavery
is a
system
in
which
people are the property of others.
Slaves can be held against their will from the time of their capture, purchase or birth, and deprived of the right to leave, to refuse to work, or to demand wages.
In some societies it was legal for an owner to kill a slave;
in others it was a crime to kill a slave.

Demise

Demise is an

Anglo-Norman legal term

(from French démettre, from Latin dimittere, to send away)

for a

transfer of an estate, especially by lease.

The word has an operative effect in a lease implying a covenant

"for quiet enjoyment".

The phrase

"demise of the crown"

is used in English law to signify the immediate transfer of the sovereignty, with all its attributes and prerogatives, to the successor without any interregnum in accordance with the maxim

"the king never dies".

At common law the death of the sovereign eo facto dissolved Parliament, but this was abolished by the Representation of the People Act 1867, 51. Similarly the common law doctrine that all offices held under the crown determined at its demise has been negatived by the Demise of the Crown Act 1901.

Constitutions

by
region
Constitutions of Africa
Sovereign
states

Algeria · Angola · Benin · Botswana · Burkina Faso · Burundi · Cameroon · Cape Verde · Central African Republic · Chad · Comoros · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Republic of the Congo · Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) · Djibouti · Egypt1 · Equatorial Guinea · Eritrea · Ethiopia · Gabon · The Gambia · Ghana · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · Kenya · Lesotho · Liberia · Libya · Madagascar · Malawi · Mali · Mauritania · Mauritius · Morocco · Mozambique · Namibia · Niger · Nigeria · Rwanda · São Tomé and Príncipe · Senegal · Seychelles · Sierra Leone · Somalia · South Africa · Sudan · Swaziland · Tanzania · Togo · Tunisia · Uganda · Zambia · Zimbabwe
States with limited
recognition
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic · Somaliland
Dependencies,
autonomies,
other territories
Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla / Plazas de soberanía (Spain) · Madeira (Portugal) · Mayotte / Réunion (France) · Puntland (Somalia) · Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom) · Southern Sudan (Sudan) · Zanzibar (Tanzania)
1 Transcontinental country.
Constitutions of Asia
Sovereign
states
Afghanistan · Armenia1 · Azerbaijan1 · Bahrain · Bangladesh · Bhutan · Brunei · Burma2 · Cambodia · People's Republic of China · Cyprus1 · East Timor3 · Egypt4 · Georgia4 · India · Indonesia · Iran · Iraq · Israel · Japan · Jordan · Kazakhstan4 · North Korea · South Korea · Kuwait · Kyrgyzstan · Laos · Lebanon · Malaysia · Maldives · Mongolia · Nepal · Oman · Pakistan · Philippines · Qatar · Russia4 · Saudi Arabia · Singapore · Sri Lanka · Syria · Tajikistan · Republic of China5 · Thailand · Turkey4 · Turkmenistan · United Arab Emirates · Uzbekistan · Vietnam · Yemen
States with limited
recognition
Abkhazia1 · Nagorno-Karabakh · Northern Cyprus · Palestine · South Ossetia1
Dependencies,
autonomies,
other territories
Aceh · Adjara1 · Akrotiri and Dhekelia · Altai · British Indian Ocean Territory · Buryatia · Christmas Island · Cocos (Keeling) Islands · Guangxi · Hong Kong · Inner Mongolia · Iraqi Kurdistan · Khakassia · Macau · Nakhchivan · Ningxia · Papua · Sakha Republic · Tibet · Tuva · West Papua · Xinjiang
1 Sometimes included in Europe, depending on the border definitions. 2 Officially known as Myanmar. 3 Sometimes included in Oceania, and also known as Timor-Leste. 4 Transcontinental country. 5 Commonly known as Taiwan.
Constitutions of Europe
Sovereign
states
Albania · Andorra · Armenia1 · Austria · Azerbaijan1 · Belarus · Belgium · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Bulgaria · Croatia · Cyprus1 · Czech Republic · Denmark · Estonia · Finland · France · Georgia1 · Germany · Greece · Hungary · Iceland · Ireland · Italy · Kazakhstan2 · Latvia · Liechtenstein · Lithuania · Luxembourg · Macedonia · Malta · Moldova · Monaco · Montenegro · Netherlands · Norway · Poland · Portugal · Romania · Russia2 · San Marino · Serbia · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain · Sweden · Switzerland · Turkey2 · Ukraine · United Kingdom
States with limited
recognition
Abkhazia1 · Kosovo · Nagorno-Karabakh1 · Northern Cyprus1 · South Ossetia1 · Transnistria
Other entities
European Union · Sovereign Military Order of Malta
Dependencies,
other territories
Akrotiri and Dhekelia1 · Åland · Azores · Faroe Islands · Gibraltar · Guernsey · Jan Mayen · Jersey · Madeira · Isle of Man · Svalbard
1 Partially or entirely in Asia, depending on the border definitions. 2 Transcontinental country.
Constitutions of Oceania
Sovereign states
Australia · Cook Islands · East Timor1 · Fiji · Indonesia1 · Kiribati · Papua New Guinea · Marshall Islands · Federated States of Micronesia · Nauru · New Zealand · Niue · Palau · Samoa · Solomon Islands · Tonga · Tuvalu · Vanuatu
Dependencies and
other territories
American Samoa · Christmas Island · Cocos (Keeling) Islands · French Polynesia · Guam · Hawaii · New Caledonia · Norfolk Island · Northern Mariana Islands · Pitcairn Islands · Rotuma · Tokelau · Wallis and Futuna
1 Transcontinental country.
Constitutions of North America
Sovereign states
Antigua and Barbuda · Bahamas · Barbados · Belize · Canada · Costa Rica · Cuba · Dominica · Dominican Republic · El Salvador · Grenada · Guatemala · Haiti · Honduras · Jamaica · Mexico · Nicaragua · Panama1 · Saint Kitts and Nevis · Saint Lucia · Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Trinidad and Tobago1 · United States
Dependencies and
other territories
Anguilla · Aruba1 · Bermuda · British Virgin Islands · Cayman Islands · Greenland · Guadeloupe · Martinique · Montserrat · Netherlands Antilles1 · Puerto Rico · Saint Barthélemy · Saint Martin · Saint Pierre and Miquelon · Turks and Caicos Islands · United States Virgin Islands
1 Territories also in or commonly considered to be part of South America.
Constitutions of South America
Sovereign states
Argentina · Bolivia · Brazil · Chile · Colombia · Ecuador · Guyana · Panama1 · Paraguay · Peru · Suriname · Trinidad and Tobago1 · Uruguay · Venezuela
Dependencies and
territories
Aruba1 / Netherlands Antilles1 (Netherlands) · Falkland Islands / South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (United Kingdom) 2 · French Guiana (France)
1 Territories also in or commonly considered to be part of North America.
2 Territories also in or
commonly considered
to be
part of
Antarctica.
中文: 一七八九年法國《人權和公民權宣言》
العربية: تصوير لـإعلان حقوق الانسان والمواطنة 1789
Deutsch:
Repräsentation der Erklärung der Menschen- und Bürgerrechte von 1789
Ελληνικά:
Απεικόνιση της Διακήρυξης των Δικαιωμάτων του Ανθρώπου και του Πολίτη το 1789
English:
Representation of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen in 1789
Español:
Representación de la Declaración de los Derechos del Hombre y del Ciudadano de 1789
Euskara:
1789ko Gizonaren eta Herritarraren eskubideen Adierazpenaren irudikapena
Français :
Représentation de la Déclaration des Droits de l'Homme et du Citoyen de 1789
日本語: 1789年の「人間と市民の権利の宣言（フランス人権宣言）」の図
Nederlands:
Voorstelling van de Verklaring van de Rechten van de Mens en de Burger uit 1789
Português:
Representação da Declaração dos Direitos do Homem e do Cidadão de 1789
Русский:
Изображение Декларации прав человека и гражданина 1789 года
Tiếng Việt:
Thể hiện Tuyên ngôn Nhân quyền và Dân quyền năm 1789
en:
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
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