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)
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 o ...
.
*
''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
The dissolution of a legislative assembly is the mandatory simultaneous resignation of all of its members, in anticipation that a successive legislative assembly will reconvene later with possibly different members. In a democracy, the new assemb ...
, in politics, the dismissal of a legislature so that elections can be held.
**
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 ...
*
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
These monasteries
A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone ( hermits). A monastery generally includes a place re ...
**
Dissolution of the Lesser Monasteries Act 1535
**
Tudor conquest of Ireland
The Tudor conquest (or reconquest) of Ireland took place under the Tudor dynasty, which held the Kingdom of England during the 16th century. Following a failed rebellion against the crown by Silken Thomas, the Earl of Kildare, in the 1530s, ...
Science
*
Dissolution (chemistry), in chemistry, the process of dissolving a solute into a solvent to make a solution
See also
*
Dissolve (disambiguation)
{{dab