But cultural influences do cross-pollinate: the young men of Chinatown wear baseball caps backward, somehow the prerogative of catchers having become the fashion statement of a generation.
Many activities taken for granted in America as prerogatives of government have long since been privatized in foreign nations — even in what so many Americans view as socialistic Europe.
And then as they fume in their bedrooms in somber acquiescence, successfully subdued and appropriately meek, I bask in the efficient application of my parental prerogative, having effectively used those gifts which were passed onto me by my own father.
But Coppola seems to have sensed the slightness at the heart of these stories and, with that lack of humbug that is the prerogative of novice directors, has not done anything to cover for it.
The most noted prerogative power that affects the judicial system is the prerogative of mercy, which has two elements: the granting of pardons and the granting of nolle prosequi.
Some key functions of the British government are still executed by virtue of the Royal Prerogative, but generally the usage of the prerogative has been diminishing as functions are progressively put on a statutory basis.
A quashing order, the most commonly sought prerogative order, has the effect of invalidating an ultra vires decision made by an authority.
In trying to eliminate even these narrow limits on presidential prerogative, Mr. Bush has accused the Democrats of putting "special interests" -- by which he means unions and workers -- above the nation's security.
Because the funds had big shareholdings in many of Argentina's companies, the government, in the form of the National Social Security Administration (ANSES), now has the right to nominate directors to the boards of these firms, a prerogative it has exercised by placing directors at around 20 companies.
The Pacers' list of prerogatives may have changed entirely.
With respect to the Presser v. Illinois precedent, the panel stated that only the Supreme Court has "the prerogative of overruling its own decisions," and the recent Supreme Court case of District of Columbia v. Heller (which struck down the district's gun ban as unconstitutional) did "not invalidate this longstanding principle".
