Sentence examples for under prerogative from inspiring English sources

They were created under prerogative powers and the prime minister and his colleagues could decide tomorrow to revoke their licence.

Declarations of war and Britain's adherence to treaties such as the new European constitution are exercised under prerogative powers by the prime minister, who may or may not choose to consult the Commons or the electorate in a referendum.

The Mutiny Act, without displacing the Articles of War and those Military Tribunals under which the army had hitherto been governed, gave statutory sanction to the infliction of Capital Punishments for offences rather Political than Military, and which had rarely been so punished under Prerogative authority". Clode 9-10.

He stated, obiter, as follows: In R. v. Criminal Injuries Compensation Board, ex parte Lain (1967), it was held that the powers of the Board were in principle reviewable, despite it having been established under prerogative powers.

With its passage, "the Army of William III was governed under a severer Code than that made by his predecessors under the Prerogative authority of the Crown.

They are essentially agreed under royal prerogative.

It turns on the extent of the Crown's powers under its prerogative [explained at 24-29].

The rather specialized High Court of Admiralty developed under royal prerogative in the 14th century; a statute of 1391 prohibited it from meddling in cases not arising at sea.

In the matter of withdrawal from membership of the EU, the government is not acting under its "prerogative power" in the field of foreign relations – an inherited power of the crown that needs no legislative basis.

They added that "the claimants are entitled to say that it would be surprising if they could be removed simply through action by the crown under its prerogative powers".

Dicey's opinion is that any action of governance by the monarch beyond statute is under the prerogative.