Dissolution
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Dissolution may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
Books
- Dissolution (Forgotten Realms novel), a 2002 fantasy novel by Richard Lee Byers
- Dissolution (Sansom novel), a 2003 historical novel by C. J. Sansom
Music
- Dissolution, in music, is a specific type of section (music).
- Dissolution (Olivia Block album), 2016
- Dissolution (The Pineapple Thief album), 2018
Politics and law
- Dissolution (politics) is when a state, institution, nation, or administrative region ceases to exist, usually separating into two or more entities.
- Dissolution (law), in law, means to end a legal entity or agreement such as a marriage, adoption, or corporation, or unions.
- Dissolution of parliament, in politics, the dismissal of a legislature so that elections can be held.
- Dissolution of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
- 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
- List of monasteries dissolved by Henry VIII of England
- Dissolution of the Lesser Monasteries Act 1535
- Tudor conquest of Ireland
Science
- Dissolution (chemistry), in chemistry, the process of dissolving a solute into a solvent to make a solution
See also
- Dissolve (disambiguation)
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