Definition of Prerogatives

1. Noun. (plural of prerogative) ¹

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Definition of Prerogatives

1. prerogative [n] - See also: prerogative

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prerogatives

prerevisionist
prerevolution
prerevolutionary
preribosomal
preride
prerinse
prerinsed
prerinses
prerinsing
preriot
prerock
prerogative
prerogative writ
prerogatived
prerogatively
prerogatives (current term)
prerolls
preromantic
prerotation
preround
prerupt
pres.
presa
presacral
presage
presaged
presageful
presagement
presager

Literary usage of Prerogatives

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, William Carey Jones (1915)
"But such prerogatives as are incidental bear always a relation to something else, distinct from the king's person; and are indeed only exceptions, ..."

2. The Constitutional History of England Since the Accession of George the Third by Thomas Erskine May (1899)
"The prerogatives of the Crown, during the Minority or Incapacity of the Sovereign. ... 1 I -* prerogatives The melancholy illnesses of George III., ..."

3. The Constitutional History of England Since the Accession of George the by Thomas Erskine May (1906)
"CHAPTER III OK prerogatives OF THE CROWN, DURINO TUB MINORITY OR IS- CAPACITY OF ... WE have seen the prerogatives of the crown wielded in the plenitude of ..."

4. The Constitutional History of England Since the Accession of George Third by Thomas Erskine May (1862)
"The prerogatives of the Crown, during the Minority or Incapacity of the Sovereign. — Illnesses and Regency of George the Third. ..."

5. The United States of America: A Study in International Organization by James Brown Scott (1920)
"These prerogatives the king exercised in his Privy Council on the advice of ... In so far as the exercise of these prerogatives had not been granted to the ..."

6. The United States of America: A Study in International Organization by James Brown Scott (1920)
"These prerogatives the king exercised in his Privy Council on the advice of ... In so far as the exercise of these prerogatives had not been granted to the ..."

7. A History of French Private Law by Jean Brissaud, Rapelje Howell (1912)
"Royal prerogatives.3 — The royal or seigniorial domain and rights we have previously discussed; 4 it is a subject to which we shall not return,5 but it is ..."

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