legal power

Noun

Meaning

(law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law

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courts having jurisdiction in this district Source: Internet

Apparently recognizing that he doesn’t have the legal power to fire Berman, Barr has gotten Trump to do it. Source: Internet

Anyone challenging an administrative decision by the Government or any other authority has to show either that the Government does not have the legal power to make that decision, or that the decision was seriously unreasonable or made in bad faith. Source: Internet

Many human colonists came to colonies for slaves to their colonizing countries, so the legal power to leave or remain may not be the issue so much as the actual presence of the people in the new country. Source: Internet

The new strategy could annoy both groups even more because it promises to give officials the legal power to peer into technologies known as the dark web, which fall outside the current laws. Source: Internet

The legal power he wields should be used very sparingly, and only in line with a proper and transparent process. Source: Internet

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