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legal power

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Noun1.legal powerlegal power - (law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law; "courts having jurisdiction in this district"
jurisdiction
power, powerfulness - possession of controlling influence; "the deterrent power of nuclear weapons"; "the power of his love saved her"; "his powerfulness was concealed by a gentle facade"
law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
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The old man's illness had not lasted many days when he took formal possession of the premises and all upon them, in virtue of certain legal powers to that effect, which few understood and none presumed to call in question.
The Old Curiosity Shop by Dickens, Charles View in context
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