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  • 31inherent — adjective a quality that is inherent in something is a natural part of it and cannot be separated from it (+ in): I m afraid the problems you mention are inherent in the system. inherently adverb: Nuclear power is inherently dangerous and… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 32power — Synonyms and related words: Establishment, VIP, ability, able, absolute power, absolutism, acme, activity, actuate, administration, ally, ampleness, amplitude, animate, appurtenance, aptitude, archduchy, archdukedom, ascendancy, authoritative,… …

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  • 33power — 1. In optics, the refractive vergence of a lens. 2. In physics and engineering, the rate at which work is done. 3. The exponent of a number or expression that provides the number of times that …

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  • 34power — The ability to act, regarded as latent or inherent; the faculty of doing or performing something; capacity for action or performance. Bradley v State ex rel. Hill, l l l Ga 168, 36 SE 630. Authority in the sense of jurisdiction or the exercise of …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 35power to sell — Authority to sell. Generally speaking, a fiduciary s power to sell means the authority given by statute, or by the instrument creating the trust, or the capacity inherent in the functioning of his office, as distinguished from his right to sell,… …

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  • 36Police power — (Law) The inherent power of a government to regulate its police affairs. Note: The term police power is not definitely fixed in meaning. In the earlier cases in the United States it was used as including the whole power of internal government, or …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 37Police power — is the capacity of a state to regulate behaviours and enforce order within its territory, often framed in terms of public welfare, security, morality, and safety. [cite encyclopedia| title =Police Power| encyclopedia =Encyclopedia Britannica|url …

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  • 38police power — see power 2a Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. police power n. A …

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  • 39sovereign power — The power to make and enforce laws. By the sovereign power is meant the making of laws; for wherever that power resides, all others must conform to, and be directed by it, whatever appearance the outward form and administration of the government… …

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  • 40police power — noun : the inherent power of a government to exercise reasonable control over persons and property within its jurisdiction in the interest of the general security, health, safety, morals, and welfare except where legally prohibited (as by… …

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