Prerogatives

Senator Foghorn Leghorn was one of the great Fred Allen characters in 1940s radio, and was always very congnizant of his Senatorial Prerogatives.

About that filibuster compromise... Ann Althouse 2005

Protection, and the Prerogatives of the Law of Nations, and that I, in particular, will exert myself to give you Proofs of my Confidence, as well as of the Sentiments with which I have the honour to be, most perfectly, Sir, your most obedient and most humble Servant.

John Adams autobiography, part 3, "Peace," 1779-1780 1961

There are different Customs and Prerogatives in different Provinces ....

John Adams diary 29, 12 March - 31 July 1779 1961

"The King's wife is participant of many Prerogatives above other Women."

The Ghost of Chatham; A Vision Dedicated to the House of Peers Anonymous

_Venice_, Of whom his Masters held their Customs and Prerogatives of the Sea?

An Essay towards Fixing the True Standards of Wit, Humour, Railery, Satire, and Ridicule (1744) Corbyn Morris

Assembly can alledge against this clause is, that it is obscure, and that it is a thing impossible for us here to knowe the Prerogatives of all the manours in Englande.

Colonial Records of Virginia Various

Royal Array, as a King ought to do, by the Prerogatives and Royalties of the Land of Mann; and upon the Hill of Tynwald sitt in a chaire, covered with the royall cloath and cushions, and your visage unto the east, and your sword before you, holden with the point upwards; your barrons in the third degree sitting beside you, and your beneficed men and your

A Girl's Ride in Iceland George Harley 1862

Of the Prerogatives which the Elect shall enjoy in Heaven.

The Practice of Piety: Directing a Christian How to Walk, that He May Please God. d. 1631 1842

"Blackstone's Commentaries," especially the sections of the latter on the Prerogatives of the Crown, the Rights of the Subject, and the

The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada Egerton Ryerson 1842

The Royal Prerogatives are a series of historic powers officially held by the Queen that have, in reality, been passed to the prime minister of the day.

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