home rule

Meaning

1. The rule or government of an appendant or dependent country or subnational territory, as to some or all local and internal legislation, by means of a governing power vested in the people within the country or territory itself, in contradistinction to a government established by the dominant country.
2. Self-government of the island of Ireland.
3. Ellipsis of home rule class.

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