Im Balfour-Bericht vum 18. Novemba 1926 wead festglegt, dass de Dominions autonome Gmoaschoften innahoib vom British Empire san, in koana Weis jemand untagordnet, nua duach de Treie zua Krone vabundn (“[...] are autonomous Communities within the British Empire, equal in status, in no way subordinate one to another in ay aspect of their domestic or external affairs, though united by a common allegiance to the Crown, and freely associated as members of the British Commonwealth”). Des gonze is nacha spada, am 11. Dezemba 1931 nuamoi im Statut vo Westiminster niedagschribn woan.