prerogative
prerogatif
definition
noun
owning an automobile was still the prerogative of the rich
a right or privilege exclusive to a particular individual or class.
adjective
the monarch retained the formal prerogative power to appoint the Prime Minister
arising from the prerogative of the Crown (usually delegated to the government or the judiciary) and based in common law rather than statutory law.
example
While this is perfectly within the government's 'prerogative' , student leaders as well as the ousted members feel the Liberals acted without justification.
Furthermore, constitutions often specify that the conduct of foreign policy is the government's 'prerogative' .
Inconsistency, after all, is the indispensable 'prerogative' of great powers.
It is not the Chair's 'prerogative' to determine the declaration of a vote.
In contrast, the elegantly cultivated beard was long the 'prerogative' of royalty and the privileged classes.
No longer the 'prerogative' of middle class matrons or ladies who lunch, a fabulous range of facilities is right here in Glasgow.
The birthright is the 'prerogative' of the eldest son.
Previously, of course, literacy had been the exclusive 'prerogative' of the clergy.
But beyond the assertion of sovereign 'prerogative' , there was also a thinly veiled message of contempt.
Query whether it is under the 'prerogative' powers of the Crown.
The applicant advanced a number of grounds in support of his claim for entitlement to 'prerogative' relief.
The common law and the 'prerogative' law does not tend to like absolutes.
The selection of candidates is a jealously guarded 'prerogative' of the constituencies.
‘Foreign policy is the 'prerogative' of the federal government,’ says the German constitution, and such has been the standard practice up to now.
But this is, after all, an executive 'prerogative' .
His theory of democracy in which an assembly of citizens would exercise sovereign 'prerogative' was clearly inadequate.
Leisure, they insisted, should remain the 'prerogative' of the rich.
In answering such a question, the executive enjoys no constitutional 'prerogative' .
In India, the study of Sanskrit was denied to many segments of the Hindu population, as it was deemed to be a 'prerogative' of only the privileged caste.
That is entirely within Dr Smith's 'prerogative' , and no one else's.
Power can be responsible, strong government can be democratic, and presidential 'prerogative' can be constitutional.
The honey seems extraordinarily expensive, but then sweetness was a 'prerogative' of the rich until the eighteenth century.
With the usual 'prerogative' of the wealthy classes, he tended to choose doctors with a reputation for having studied some topics in greater detail than usual.
In the circumstances, I would refuse the applications for 'prerogative' writs.
But I don't question the authority and 'prerogative' of the president.
Was this a 'prerogative' act, such as only the Crown and its military servants could order and perform?
While admiration of the moon is a distinctive women's activity in a garden setting, this was not purely a female 'prerogative' .
In the months leading up to the deadline, questions were revived about the power and 'prerogative' of Congress to wage war.
The 'prerogative' to nominate federal judges, including justices to the U.S. Supreme Court, is an important presidential power.
As Mill put it, it is the right and 'prerogative' of each person, once they have reached the maturity of their years, to interpret for themselves the meaning and value of their experiences.
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