Dissolution may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
Books
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''Dissolution'' (''Forgotten Realms'' novel), a 2002 fantasy novel by Richard Lee Byers
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''Dissolution'' (Sansom novel), a 2003 historical novel by C. J. Sansom
Music
* Dissolution, in music, is a specific type of
section (music)
In music, a section is a complete, but not independent, musical idea. Types of sections include the introduction or intro, exposition, development, recapitulation, verse, chorus or refrain, conclusion, coda or outro, fadeout, bridge or inte ...
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''Dissolution'' (Olivia Block album), 2016
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''Dissolution'' (The Pineapple Thief album), 2018
Politics and law
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Dissolution (politics)
Dissolution in politics is when a state, institution, nation, or administrative region dissolves or ceases to exist, usually separating into two or more entities, or being annexed. This can be carried out through armed conflict, legal means, dipl ...
is when a state, institution, nation, or administrative region ceases to exist, usually separating into two or more entities.
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Dissolution (law)
In law, dissolution is any of several legal events that terminate a legal entity or agreement such as a marriage, adoption, corporation, or union.
Dissolution is the last stage of liquidation, the process by which a company (or part of a compan ...
, in law, means to end a legal entity or agreement such as a marriage, adoption, or corporation, or unions.
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Dissolution of parliament, in politics, the dismissal of a legislature so that elections can be held.
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Dissolution of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Parliament of the United Kingdom is dissolved automatically five years after the day on which it first met or earlier by the Sovereign by royal proclamation made by virtue of the royal prerogative. The prerogative power to dissolve Parliamen ...
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Dissolution of the Monasteries, in British history, the formal process during the English Reformation by which Henry VIII confiscated the property of the monastic institutions in England, Wales and Ireland between 1536 and 1541
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List of monasteries dissolved by Henry VIII of England
These monasteries were dissolved by King Henry VIII of England in the Dissolution of the Monasteries. The list is by no means exhaustive, since over 800 religious houses existed before the Reformation, and virtually every town, of any size, had ...
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Dissolution of the Lesser Monasteries Act 1535
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Tudor conquest of Ireland
Science
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Dissolution (chemistry), in chemistry, the process of dissolving a solute into a solvent to make a solution
See also
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Dissolve (disambiguation)
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