prerogative
Example Sentences
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Legal advice concluded that the royal prerogative which commanded when the flag should be flown in Great Britain was "without legal authority in Northern Ireland".
From BBC
The Fed, however, doesn’t operate solely on the chairman’s prerogative.
It has weathered the prerogatives of each presidency.
From Salon
Texas Sen. John Cornyn, a Republican, declined to comment directly on the pardon, calling it the “president’s prerogative,” but he was positive about his “productive working relationship” with Cuellar.
Selecting a Thanksgiving day was a royal prerogative, he declared, accorded solely to him as the representative of the Catholic King James II. Andros named Dec. 1 as Thanksgiving Day for all New England.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
