Sentence examples for governmental powers from inspiring English sources

He acquires from the state none of its governmental powers.

"Twin Rivers exercises a lot of governmental powers over people," Mr. Askin said.

In his dissents, as in his opinions, Stewart sought to define rather than deny the exercise of governmental powers.

Defying the collegiate and governmental powers that be, Dexter and Alice vow to perform "Post Mortem" all over the country.

Indeed, every addition of power to the general government involves a corresponding diminution of the governmental powers of the States.

Finally, the usurpation of governmental powers led to the formation of territorial principalities, resulting in a great weakening of royal authority.

Before the close of the 19th century, the effective mobilization of governmental powers on a national basis had occurred only in Europe, the United States, and Japan.

To combat it they came up with the idea of periodic elections & with the idea of the separation of governmental powers.

Chapter two patiently and comprehensively argues, point by point, against the reserving of a whole range of governmental powers, from abortion to fiscal autonomy, to the Westminster parliament.

In law, as in other fields with no constraining market to answer to, schools tend to reflect the intellectual and ideological preferences of the faculties at the standard-setting schools, and their quasi-governmental powers are rarely noted.

We are a republic of limited governmental ­powers.