Sentence examples for department powers from inspiring English sources

In no substantial, just sense does it confer upon that officer, as the head of an executive department, powers strictly legislative or judicial in their nature, or which must be exclusively exercised by Congress or by the courts.

Per the team's athletic department, Power 5 opponents are averaging just 4.2 yards per play in the final 15 minutes.

The pernicious amendment to the Migration Act (section 198AHA), after the M68 case was filed in the court, sought to retrospectively validate any prior illegalities and give the department power to take "any action" in relation to regional processing functions.

Gluesenkamp, a 135-pound Ph.D. candidate in the mechanical engineering department, powered the craft with both foot pedals and a hand crank.

It also considers the possibility of privatizing some city services and consolidating departments — powers that union leaders, who had been negotiating separate concessions with city leaders in recent months, object to furiously.

It gave the department special powers to enter into contracts, suspend competitive bidding and waive certification requirements for laboratories.

Mr. Murphy said new legislation this year gives the department "broad powers to intervene" in school districts that are having trouble meeting the standards.

Civil liberties advocates said the vagueness in these areas buttressed their concerns about how the department's powers were being used.

Officer Alicea, an employee of the Clark Security Company, is considered a "special police officer" in the Newark department, with powers to arrest and carry a weapon, because he has undergone training at the Newark Police Academy, Sergeant Glynn said.

The question is how far he will use his department's power to stop it.

Envisioned as a self-contained community, it will have its own fire department and power plant.