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- 1. the government of a colony, dependent country, or region by its own citizens, in particular as advocated for Ireland 1870–1914.
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Governance of a colony, dependent country, locality, or region by its own citizens
Home rule is the government of a colony, dependent country, or region by its own citizens. It is thus the power of a part (administrative division) of a state or an external dependent country to exercise such of the state's powers of governance within its own administrative area that have been decentralized to it by the central government. Home rule may govern in an autonomous administrative divis... Wikipedia