reserved power

noun

1. a political power that a constitution reserves exclusively to the jurisdiction of a particular political authority.

Word History and Origins

Origin of reserved power¹

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

Shall there be no reserved power in the empire to supply a deficiency which may weaken, divide, and dissipate the whole?

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There was about him at that time an air of reserved power which interested though it did not attract those who knew him.

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Through all there is a striking sense of reserved power, and of absolute mastery of the art.

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They like to have an adjunct to the best-working machinery, a sort of reserved power.

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In the mean time, the people consider themselves the safest depositary of their reserved power.

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