Sentence examples similar to Chief prerogative from inspiring English sources

In these cultures the chief prerogatives of the shaman (angakok; plural angákut) are healing and trance-based underwater journeys to the Mother of Animals for the purpose of assuring an abundance of game and aiding childless women in conception.

Former Obama administration lawyers have made this point in the past, arguing that according to the Constitution, it is the commander-in-chief's prerogative to dictate where to hold prisoners detained under the laws of war.

The current law, which makes the naming of public media chiefs a presidential prerogative, was introduced by Mr. Sarkozy in 2009.

A chief had many prerogatives and sumptuary privileges and in turn was expected to administer efficiently and to tend to the social and ritual affairs that ensured the general welfare and prestige of the group.

"It was the boss's prerogative".

He was the chief magistrate whose major prerogative (jus) was the ordering of all public affairs, for which he could demand assistance from anyone at any time.

Chief Justice Rehnquist is protecting his institution's prerogatives.

VI SAKAI (aBLANDASa) 249 demons and diseases, and the few plants that he employs are applied outwardly either in pressed form or in that of an infusion.1 The Sakai magicians in ancient times exercised an influence far exceeding even the prerogative of a chief.

Asked again to explain himself, Mr. Kouchner announced that France was doing military contingency planning for an eventual war, saying, "We are preparing by trying first of all to put together plans that are the unique prerogative of the chiefs of staff, but that — it's not for tomorrow".

The treatment of detainees has also given rise to concerns in Congress about the prerogatives of the chief executive: both houses recently voted to limit the president's authority to employ C.I.A. or other executive agents to engage in cruel and inhumane interrogations.

Chief Justice Roberts once affirmed that "[m]embers of this Court are vested with the authority to interpret the law; we possess neither the expertise nor the prerogative to make policy judgments.