Look up: prerogative

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   prerogative
   [n] - a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right)
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   Prerogative
   Pre·rog'a·tive noun [ French prérogative , from Latin praerogativa precedence in voting, preference, privilege, from praerogativus that is asked before others for his opinion, that votes before or first, from praerogare to ask before another; prae before + rogare to ask. See Rogation .] 1. An exclusive or peculiar privilege; prior and indefe ...
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   prerogative
   privilege noun a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right); `suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males`
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   Prerogative
   A `Prerogative` is an exclusive legal right given from a government or state and invested in an individual or group, the content of which is separate from the body of rights enjoyed under the general law of the normative state. It was a common facet of Feudal law. In modern popular culture usage, the word prerogative has come to mean the egalitarian condition of the right for anyone's own self-determination, e.g. that it is `one's prerogative` t...
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   Prerogative
   • (n.) An exclusive or peculiar privilege; prior and indefeasible right; fundamental and essential possession; -- used generally of an official and hereditary right which may be asserted without question, and for the exercise of which there is no responsibility or accountability as to the fact and the manner of its exercise. • (n.) Preced...
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   prerogative
   The residual powers of the Crown that can be exercised at its own discretion.
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