He is accused of having overstepped his powers when he opened an investigation into Spain's dictatorship, in 2008.
He has done much to stoke fears of a new cold war, especially since a speech at Munich last year accused America of having "overstepped its national borders in every way".
Viceroy Morcillo conducted a stormy correspondence with the Audencia of Charcas, accusing them of having overstepped their authority and that giving the chief judge of the case against Reyes the power to succeed him as Governor was illegal.
Although we may not find golfers at Deepdale Golf Club to be underdogs or sympathetic figures, the Village of North Hills seems to have overstepped or abused its powers.
With this, Boris Johnson appears to have overstepped the limits of his role as prime ministerial straight man.
Two years ago, though, the Labor Department pursued cases against three Oregon blueberry growers -- PanAmerican Berry Growers, B&G Ditchen Farms and E&S Farms -- in which it seems to have overstepped the bounds of common sense, and due process.
Momart seem to have overstepped themselves - the warehouse just doesn't look to me suitable for works of art.
But in their first public hearing on the matter since ordering a halt to the gay marriages on March 11, some of the seven justices hinted that Mayor Gavin Newsom of San Francisco had overstepped his authority in directing the county clerk to issue the licenses.
The decision, issued today, upholds a lower court ruling that found Cuccinelli, an avowed conservative climate skeptic and now candidate for governor of Virginia, had overstepped his authority.
For example, Axel Weber, chief of the German central bank, the Bundesbank, and a subordinate of the European Central Bank's French president, Jean-Claude Trichet, on the bank's board of governors (as well as his possible successor), has publicly suggested Mr. Trichet's recent management of the E.C.B. has overstepped its mandate in favor of traditionally looser French policy inclinations.
Occasionally, fans of the League have overstepped the mark by shouting out catchphrases mid-performance, most recently during a performance of Absent Friends.
