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Constitutional monarchy
A constitutional monarchy is a form of government in which a monarch is head of state but exercises power within the limits of a constitution. The Brazilian Empire under its 1824 constitution and the Empire of Japan under the Meiji Constitution of 1889 were constitutional monarchies, though both left considerable power with the emperor. The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth's elective monarchy and the Russian Empire after 1905 also had constitutional features.
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