Dissolution
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Dissolution or dissolve may refer to:
- Dissolution (law)Dissolution (law)In law, dissolution has multiple meanings.Dissolution is the last stage of liquidation, the process by which a company is brought to an end, and the assets and property of the company redistributed....
, in law, means to end a legal entity or agreement such as a marriage, adoption, or corporation - Dissolution (chemistry), or solvationSolvationSolvation, also sometimes called dissolution, is the process of attraction and association of molecules of a solvent with molecules or ions of a solute...
, in chemistry, the process of dissolving a solid substance into a solvent to make a solution - Dissolution of parliamentDissolution of parliamentIn parliamentary systems, a dissolution of parliament is the dispersal of a legislature at the call of an election.Usually there is a maximum length of a legislature, and a dissolution must happen before the maximum time...
, in politics, the dismissal of a legislature so that fresh elections can be held, sometimes ahead of schedule- Dissolution of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Dissolution of the MonasteriesDissolution of the MonasteriesThe Dissolution of the Monasteries, sometimes referred to as the Suppression of the Monasteries, was the set of administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541 by which Henry VIII disbanded monasteries, priories, convents and friaries in England, Wales and Ireland; appropriated their...
, 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 1538 and 1541- Dissolution of the Monasteries, England and Wales
- List of monasteries dissolved by Henry VIII of England
- Dissolution of the Lesser Monasteries ActDissolution of the Lesser Monasteries ActThe Act for the Dissolution of the Lesser Monasteries – was an Act of the English Reformation Parliament of 1535/36, the beginning of the legal process by which King Henry VIII set about the Dissolution of the Monasteries...
1535 - Tudor conquest of Ireland
- Dissolution (novel)Dissolution (novel)Dissolution is a fantasy novel by Richard Lee Byers# It is the first book of the ##War of the Spider Queen## hexad, based on the ##Forgotten Realms## setting of the ##Dungeons & Dragons## ##fantasy## ##role-playing game###-Plot summary:...
, a 2002 fantasy novel by Richard Lee Byers - Dissolution (Sansom novel), a 2003 historical novel by C. J. Sansom
- Dissolve (filmmaking)Dissolve (filmmaking)In the post-production process of film editing and video editing, a dissolve is a gradual transition from one image to another. The terms fade-out and fade-in and are used to describe a transition to and from a blank image. This is in contrast to a cut where there is no such transition. A dissolve...
, in film and video editingVideo editingThe term video editing can refer to:* Linear video editing, using video tape* Non-linear editing system , using computers with video editing software* Offline editing* Online editing...
, a transition between scenes - DecadenceDecadenceDecadence can refer to a personal trait, or to the state of a society . Used to describe a person's lifestyle. Concise Oxford Dictionary: "a luxurious self-indulgence"...
, moral degeneracy