reserved power

  • 1reserved power — noun : a political power reserved by a constitution or similar constituent instrument to the exclusive jurisdiction of a specified political authority (as a state or executive) usually held to constitute the original source of powers undergoing… …

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  • 2reserved power — noun Date: 1838 a political power reserved by a constitution to the exclusive jurisdiction of a specified political authority …

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  • 3reserved power — A power specifically withheld because not mentioned or reasonably implied in other powers conferred by a constitution or statute. See also power (constitutional powers) …

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  • 4reserved power — a political power that a constitution reserves exclusively to the jurisdiction of a particular political authority. [1825 35] * * * …

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  • 5Reserved State powers — The reserved State powers, also called reserved powers, is a doctrine reserved exclusively for the states, that is used in the interpretation of the Constitution of Australia. It adopted a restrictive approach to the interpretation of the… …

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  • 6power — pow·er n 1: capability of acting or of producing an effect parties of unequal bargaining power 2 a: authority or capacity to act that is delegated by law or constitution often used in pl. commerce power often cap C&P: the power delegated to… …

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  • 7Reserved Cases — • A term used for sins whose absolution is not within the power of every confessor Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Reserved Cases     Reserved Cases      …

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  • 8Reserved cases — is a term of Catholic doctrine, used for sins whose absolution is not within the power of every confessor, but is reserved to himself by the superior of the confessor, or only specially granted to some other confessor by that superior. To reserve …

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  • 9Reserved word — Reserved words (occasionally called keywords) are one type of grammatical construct in programming languages. These words have special meaning within the language and are predefined in the language’s formal specifications. Typically, reserved… …

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  • 10Reserved powers — can refer to several powers of a central authority: * Reserved powers , or Reserved matters, those subjects still dealt with by the United Kingdom Parliament, and not devolved to the Scottish Parliament, National Assembly for Wales or the… …

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