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The phrase "a proper exercise of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the appropriate or legitimate use of a power, right, or authority.
Example: "The committee's decision was deemed a proper exercise of its authority in managing the budget."
Alternatives: "an appropriate use of" or "a legitimate application of".
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There are, however, certain caveats to a proper exercise of this function.
Writing for the Court, Mr. Justice Holmes upheld the Act as a proper exercise of the treatymaking power.
In sum, we hold that the CTEA is a proper exercise of the Congress's power under the Copyright Clause.
The Court concluded, however, that vacating the state-court judgment would not be "a proper exercise of our authority...
Op. at 15 ("we hold that the CTEA is a proper exercise of the Congress's power under the Copyright Clause").
To preclude such result or a danger of it is a proper exercise of the power of the State.
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She wrote that the law was a "necessary and proper" exercise of the political branches' power over foreign affairs.
But the court said the commission had shown that the exemption was "a reasonable, necessary and proper exercise" of its authority.
He was also a martyr to apartheid: a man debarred from the proper exercise of his skills, and even from fair pay, by an iniquitous regime.
How about this: Corporations have their own free speech rights, and the proper exercise of those rights shouldn't pose a risk to the speech of others.
On 15 December, the three ships left Germany, Wilhelm II having instructed their crews, "Should anyone seek to hinder you in the proper exercise of our legitimate rights, go for them with a mailed fist".
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