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prerogative

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pre·rog·a·tive  (pr-rg-tv)
n.
1. An exclusive right or privilege held by a person or group, especially a hereditary or official right. See Synonyms at right.
2. The exclusive right and power to command, decide, rule, or judge: the principal's prerogative to suspend a student.
3. A special quality that confers superiority.
adj.
Of, arising from, or exercising a prerogative.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin praerogtva, feminine of praerogtvus, asked first, from praerogtus, past participle of praerogre, to ask before : prae-, pre- + rogre, to ask; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]

pre·roga·tived adj.

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
Noun1.prerogative - a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right); "suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males"
right - an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"; "Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people"- Eleanor Roosevelt; "a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away"
easement - (law) the privilege of using something that is not your own (as using another's land as a right of way to your own land)
privilege of the floor - the right to be admitted onto the floor of a legislative assembly while it is in session

prerogative
noun right, choice, claim, authority, title, due, advantage, sanction, liberty, privilege, immunity, exemption, birthright, droit, perquisite I thought it was a woman's prerogative to change her mind?
Translations
prerogative [prɪˈrɒgətɪv] Nprerrogativa f
he can refuse if he wants to, that's his prerogativepuede negarse si quiere, está en su derecho

prerogative [prɪˈrɒgətɪv] nprérogative f

prerogative
nVorrecht nt, → Prärogativ nt (geh); that’s a woman’s prerogativedas ist das Vorrecht einer Frau

prerogative [prɪˈrɒgətɪv] nprerogativa
prerogative [prɪˈrɒgətɪv] nprerogativa

prerogative
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


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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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