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n. - The act of being put under government control; The state of being under government control.

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  • Another suggestion freely thrown out is that Home Rule is only the beginning of a process of federalisation which is to bring us to the goal of Imperial Federation.
  • The devolution of powers to Scotland, Wales, etc., is the start of a so far incomplete federalisation of British internal government.
  • Instead of sticking to one BBC there should be federalisation, as Samir Shah of the BBC's Executive Board suggested recently, creating a national channel for each one of...
  • On the shaky grounds that the old style of federalisation a style rejected by Plaid Cymru means "closing" a school on Friday afternoon to be "re-opened" the following...
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