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prerogative [prɪˈrɒgətɪv] n 1. an exclusive privilege or right exercised by a person or group of people holding a particular office or hereditary rank 2. any privilege or right 3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a power, privilege, or immunity restricted to a sovereign or sovereign government adj
having or able to exercise a prerogative [from Latin praerogātīva privilege, earlier: group with the right to vote first, from prae before + rogāre to ask, beg for] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
prerogative Translations prerogative [prɪˈrɒgətɪv] N → prerrogativa f he can refuse if he wants to, that's his prerogative → puede negarse si quiere, está en su derecho prerogative n → Vorrecht nt, → Prärogativ nt (geh); that’s a woman’s prerogative → das ist das Vorrecht einer Frau n prerogative [prəˈrogətiv] a special right or privilege belonging to a person because of his rank, position etc. reg, mandaat إمتياز، حَق بسبب المركِز привилегия výsada privilegium das Privilegium προνόμιο prerrogativa eelisõigus امتیاز etuoikeus prérogative זְכוּת מְיוּחֶדֶת परमाधिकार, विशेषाधिकार povlastica,pravo prednosti kiváltság hak istimewa forréttindi prerogativa 特権 특권 prerogatyva prerogatīva; privilēģija prerogatif voorrecht særrett, forrett prerogatywa, przywilej prerrogativa prerogativă прерогатива výsada posebna pravica povlastica prerogativ, privilegium สิทธิพิเศษ yetki 特權 прерогатива; привілей اختيار، استحقاق đặc quyền 特权 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Therefore, I note here, though it may not be at all necessary, that there are hundreds of Will Cases (as they are called), far more remarkable than that fancied in this book; and that the stores of the Prerogative Office teem with instances of testators who have made, changed, contradicted, hidden, forgotten, left cancelled, and left uncancelled, each many more wills than were ever made by the elder Mr Harmon of Harmony Jail. But what all England did not know De Vac had gleaned from scraps of conversation dropped in the armory: that Henry was even now negotiating with the leaders of foreign mercenaries, and with Louis IX of France, for a sufficient force of knights and menat-arms to wage a relentless war upon his own barons that he might effectively put a stop to all future interference by them with the royal prerogative of the Plantagenets to misrule England. This is prerogative, and not to be limited by our municipal rules. |
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