Prerogative

Word PREROGATIVE
Character 11
Hyphenation pre rog a tive
Pronunciations /pɹɪˈɹɒɡ.ə.tɪv/

Definitions and meanings of "Prerogative"

What do we mean by prerogative?

An exclusive right or privilege held by a person or group, especially a hereditary or official right. synonym: right. noun

The exclusive right and power to command, decide, rule, or judge. noun

Of, arising from, or exercising a prerogative. adjective

To endow with a prerogative.

Called upon to vote first; having the right to vote first.

Entitled to precedence; superior.

Pertaining to, characteristic of, or held by prerogative or privileged right.

The right of voting first; precedence in voting. noun

A peculiar privilege; a characteristic right inhering in one's nature; a special property or quality. noun

Specifically, a privilege inherent in one's office or position; an official right; an exclusive or sovereign privilege, in theory subject to no restriction or interference, but practically often limited by other similar rights or prerogatives; more specifically still, the royal prerogative. noun

Precedence; superiority in power, rank, or quality. noun

In New Jersey, a court held by the chancellor sitting as ordinary in probate and similar causes. noun

An exclusive or peculiar privilege; prior and indefeasible right; fundamental and essential possession; -- used generally of an official and hereditary right which may be asserted without question, and for the exercise of which there is no responsibility or accountability as to the fact and the manner of its exercise. noun

Precedence; preëminence; first rank. noun

A court which formerly had authority in the matter of wills and administrations, where the deceased left bona notabilia, or effects of the value of five pounds, in two or more different dioceses. noun

The office in which wills proved in the Prerogative Court were registered. noun

A hereditary or official right or privilege. noun

A right, or power that is exclusive to a monarch etc, especially such a power to make a decision or judgement. noun

A right, generally noun

A property, attribute or ability which gives one a superiority or advantage over others; an inherent advantage or privilege; a talent. noun

A hereditary or official right or privilege.

A right, or power that is exclusive to a monarch etc, especially such a power to make a decision or judgement.

A right, especially when due to one's position or role.

A property, attribute or ability which gives one a superiority or advantage over others; an inherent advantage or privilege; a talent.

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The word "prerogative" in example sentences

NEWMYER: Well, a writ of mandamus is an ancient sort of common law, what we call a prerogative writ. ❋ Unknown (2002)

Faced with the intention of David Milliband to press on and attempt to ratify the first Lisbon Treaty through the House Of Lords today, Wednesday June 18th, Bill Cash made an application to the High Court yesterday that the royal prerogative is being used illegally. ❋ Not A Sheep (2008)

Personal prerogative is lost amidst the world of law and order that ignores humans and humanity. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The issue of preventive war as a presidential prerogative is hardly new. ❋ Unknown (2006)

This question, divested of the phraseology calculated to represent me as struggling for an arbitrary personal prerogative, is either simply a question who shall decide, or an affirmation that nobody shall decide, what the public safety does require, in cases of Rebellion of Invasion. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Angels are grieved when God's prerogative is in the least infringed. ❋ Unknown (1871)

In the exercise of mercy, there should be no doubt left that the high prerogative is not used to relieve a few at the expense of the many. ❋ Unknown (1865)

Their leaders have learned the hard way that, within their well-managed tropical island states, no election verdict, no constitutional custom or habit, no parliament’s decision, no ordinary citizen’s commonplace prerogative is safe from an intrusive America whose caprices and policies are neither fairer, nor more predictable, nor more morally conscionable than the vagaries of hurricanes. ❋ Kate Fleurange (2007)

Because when we can use the federal courts, the federal courts to force the Catholic church not to use what is its prerogative, that is and exercise its rights to enforce discipline in its schools, and not be permitted to use the same federal court system and the federal legal system to bring a prohibition against sanctuary cities, cities that are actually rogues when it comes to enforcement of U.S. law, we're upside-down. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Because when we can use the federal court, the federal courts, to force the Catholic Church not to use what is its prerogative, that is, exercise its rights to enforce discipline in its schools and not be permitted to use the same federal court system in the federal legal system to bring a prohibition against sanctuary cities, cities that are actually rogues when it comes to enforcement of U.S. law, we're upside down. ❋ Unknown (2008)

'To trust implicitly to another,' says HAMET, 'is to give up a prerogative, which is at once our highest duty and interest to keep; it is to betray our trust, and to sacrifice our honour to another. ❋ John Hawkesworth (N/A)

Without this prerogative, which is known by the name of Infallibility, the Divine promise of assistance would be a fallacy. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

This is generally confined to equity causes, election contests and certain actions for extraordinary relief known as prerogative writs, such as informations in the nature of ❋ Simeon E. Baldwin (1883)

The _Ostracism_ was introduced; that is, the prerogative of the popular assembly to decree by secret ballot, without trial, the banishment of a person who should be deemed to be dangerous to the public weal. ❋ George Park Fisher (1868)

"Before they have called the prerogative century to vote, or when the knights are in the bridges?" ❋ Henry William Herbert (1832)

The prerogative has been a key to the Vatican to ensure control and orthodoxy over far-flung communities of believers for centuries. ❋ Unknown (2011)

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