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InvestitureFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Investiture, from the Latin (preposition in and verb vestire, 'dress' from vestis 'robe') is a term for the

formal installation of an incumbent as the insignia can include the formal dress and adornment (robes of 

state, headdress etc.) which the etymology refers to, but it extends to other regalia and to a throne or other seat of office. It is used both as a generic term, and for more specific cases as coronation and

enthronement.

Contents

1 Government usage

2 See also

3 References

4 External links

Government usage

The term is used to describe the installation of individuals in institutions that usually have been extant

from feudal times. For example, the installation of heads of state and various other state functions with

ceremonial roles are invested  with office. Usually the investiture involves ceremonial transfer of the

symbols of the particular office

Judges in many countries, including justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, are investedwith their office. American justices typically take two oaths: one to uphold the Constitution of the

United States, and the other to apply justice equally.[1] Likewise, university presidents, rectors and

chancellors are invested with office.

In the United Kingdom, around 2,600 people are invested personally by Queen Elizabeth II or another 

member of the royal family each year. A list of those to be honoured is published twice a year, in either 

the New Year Honours or the Birthday Honours. Approximately 25 investitures are held annually: most

in the Ballroom at Buckingham Palace, although the Waterloo Chamber in Windsor Castle and the

Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh, Scotland, are also used.[2] In 2014 The Prince of Wales held an

investiture at Hillsborough Castle in Northern Ireland.[3] Investitures are also held in other Commonwealth realms, when the Governor-General acts on behalf of the Queen.

The poem "The Investiture" by Siegfried Sassoon is about a young man who was killed in battle during

World War I.[4]

The term is used in the Scout Association when enrolling a new youth member or an existing member is

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moving to a different section such as from Cubs to Scouts.[5]

See also

Investiture controversy of Middle Ages

References

"Preparations Begin for Roberts' Swearing In" (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,170760,00.html). Fox

 News. 29 September 2005.

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"Investitures" (http://www.royal.gov.uk/RoyalEventsandCeremonies/Investitures/Overview.aspx). Royal

Household.

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"Prince of Wales gives OBE and MBE honours at Hillsborough Castle" (http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-

northern-ireland-26856190). BBC News.

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Sassoon, Siegried (1918). The Investiture. Wikisource.4.

"Scout Investiture Fact Sheet" (http://www.scoutbase.org.uk/library/hqdocs/facts/pdfs/fs315073.pdf) (PDF).

4 September 2012.

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External links

[1] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPtCemr7y9I) Queen Elizabeth investiture (knighting)

ceremony at Buckingham Palace.

[2] (http://gg.govt.nz/honours/investitures.htm) Governor-General of New Zealand, Investiture

ceremonies.

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