Field officers had primacy, built their own cases, kept their findings largely to themselves and were rewarded for making arrests or bringing indictments.
The constitution confirmed that EU law had "primacy" over national law and gave the EU the power to sign international treaties on behalf of its member countries.
Militias had primacy nationwide during the worst of the war years and are once again ascendant as the Iraqi military's authority crumbles.
He said the party was "very keen" to work with the government on the issue but added that other issues also needed resolving - to decide which chamber had "primacy": "We don't want gridlock, we don't want the House of Lords flexing their muscles more than they currently do".
El Greco regarded color as the most important and the most ungovernable element of painting, and declared that color had primacy over form.
Soon after Henry's coronation Gerard was appointed to the recently vacant see of York, and became embroiled in the long-running dispute between York and the see of Canterbury concerning which archbishopric had primacy over England.
