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The Royal Proclamation of 1763 explicitly applied English Common Law to all British abroad colonies, and affirmed some degree of native law-making. The American Revolutionary War resulted in a unilateral separation recognized by the Peace of Paris , however the English system continued for use as the basis for courtroom decisions. 73 MSPs represent individual geographical constituencies elected by the plurality voting system (“first previous Law News the publish”). A further 56 are returned from eight additional member areas, every electing seven MSPs. The Scottish Parliament, because it was created by devolution and an act of parliament, does not get its legislative powers by virtue of sovereignty or by virtue of ‘being the Scottish Parliament’. It legally exists as a subset of Westminster and derives its powers as such.