royal prerogative

  • 1royal prerogative — The discretionary rights which a sovereign has by virtue of office, varying from country to country • • • Main Entry: ↑prerogative royal prerogative see under ↑prerogative • • • Main Entry: ↑royal * * * royal prerogative UK US noun …

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  • 2royal prerogative — in the constitutional law of the UK, the powers of the Crown exercised under the common law. New prerogatives cannot be assumed and old ones can be legislated away. Recognised instances are the rule that the king never dies, there is no… …

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  • 3Royal Prerogative — The Royal Prerogative is a body of customary authority, privilege, and immunity, recognized in common law and, sometimes, in civil law jurisdictions possessing a monarchy as belonging to the Sovereign alone.[1] It is the means by which some of… …

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  • 4royal prerogative —    The royal prerogative comprises a number of powers or privileges performed in the past by the monarch but now performed in his or her name by ministers. Their authority derives from the Crown, rather than from Parliament, so that parliamentary …

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  • 5royal prerogative — Those rights and capacities which the king enjoys alone, in contradistinction to others, and not those which he enjoys in common with any of his subjects. See 1 Bl Comm 239. A New Jersey chancellor has defined the term as that special pre… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 6royal prerogative — royal pre rogative noun singular or uncount the special rights of a king or queen …

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  • 7royal prerogative — noun (singular, uncountable) the special rights that a king or queen has …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 8royal prerogative — UK / US noun [singular/uncountable] the special rights of a king or queen …

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  • 9royal prerogative — /rɔɪəl prəˈrɒgətɪv/ (say royuhl pruh roguhtiv) noun the various powers and privileges of a sovereign, especially those traditionally belonging to the English monarch, which include immunity from civil and criminal action, power to pardon and… …

  • 10royal prerogative — Those rights and capacities which the king enjoys alone in contradistinction to others and not to those which he enjoys in common with any of his subjects. It is that special pre eminence which the sovereign has over all other persons, and out of …

    Black's law dictionary