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lieutenant-governor-in-council 
n. the executive government of a province, considered as the lieutenant-governor acting with the advice and consent of the provincial cabinet.
See also: governor-general-in-council
- 1796 (1905) [Others of the said applicants who have received orders of Councils preparatory to his Majesty's grant under the seal of the Province, subject to the terms aforesaid, from the Lieutenant-governor in Council, have sinfully perverted his Majesty's most gracious intentions signified in the proclamation aforesaid.]
- 1871 It was provided that the Board of Education should have power to alter and subdivide with the sanction of the Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council, and school district established by that Act.
- 1915 The Lieutenant Governor in Council (viz., the political party in power) will appoint vendors and establish them wherever thought advisable throughout the Province.
- 1937 The Provisions of this Acct referring to the Lieutenant-Governor in Council shall be construed as referring to the Lieutenant-Governor of the Province acting by and with the Advice of the Executive Council [i.e. Cabinet] therefore.
- 1796 (1905) [Others of the said applicants who have received orders of Councils preparatory to his Majesty's grant under the seal of the Province, subject to the terms aforesaid, from the Lieutenant-governor in Council, have sinfully perverted his Majesty's most gracious intentions signified in the proclamation aforesaid.]