The king exercised power within legal limitations, which, when violated, led to efforts to reestablish political equilibrium by means of civil war, assassination, and an appeal to God and the saints.
Critics like Walter Byers, a former N.C.A.A. executive director, have complained of a "neo-plantation" system of college sports in which athletes are pawns while high-priced coaches and athletic directors — under pressure to win — exercise the power of kings.
The exercise of power by the king and high officials were monitored by robust systems of auditing.
The title king of kings, used even in the 20th century by the shahs of Iran, implies that the central authority exercised power through a pyramidal structure that was controlled at levels below the supreme authority by individuals who were themselves, in a certain sense, kings.
The last of the kings of Jerusalem to exercise effective power was Amalric I in the 12th century.
He ran despite a boycott of the election by the many members of the protest movement, Hirak, who regard the vote as a public relations exercise by the king and who say that previous Parliaments were weak and unrepresentative.
Godwin was attempting to exercise his power of patronage over the archbishopric, but the king's appointment signalled that the king was willing to contest with the earl over the traditional royal rights at Canterbury.
The king exercised an important function through his participation in the great festivals, which were of utmost importance to the life of his people.
There are monarchists who are arguing for a full-scale return to the old regime and the party-less Panchayat system, in which the king exercised absolute power through village, district and national councils.
