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(law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law
courts having jurisdiction in this district
How To Use legal power In A Sentence
- The new watchdog does not have the legal power to make retailers join its code of practice. Times, Sunday Times
- Will they have the legal power to force that through? Times, Sunday Times
- The government uses its legal powers to ensure the fulfillment of moral requirements, while the media can use public opinion to propagate the right, and expose the bad sides of popular behaviour.
- America was reluctant to cede any legal power to a supranational authority.
- For example, only the board has the legal power to declare a dividend or to sanction a public issue of securities.
- New legal powers to force witnesses to give evidence to select committees under oath. Times, Sunday Times
- Will they have the legal power to force that through? Times, Sunday Times
- The new watchdog does not have the legal power to make retailers join its code of practice. Times, Sunday Times
- ‘‘Prerogative’ power is, properly speaking, legal power which appertains to the Crown but not to its subjects.
- The department has acquired legal powers to close all footpaths within a two-mile radius of any free-range poultry farms.