reserved power

American  

noun

1. a political power that a constitution reserves exclusively to the jurisdiction of a particular political authority.

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Etymology

Origin of reserved power

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

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reserved power

"Illinois courts, therefore, have rejected the argument that the state retains an implied or reserved power to diminish or impair pension benefits."

From Chicago Tribune ● Nov. 22, 2014

It was under the fostering influences of small, independent chieftains that manly strength and organized social institutions arose once more,--the reserved power of unconquerable nations.

From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 05 The Middle Ages by John Lord

They like to have an adjunct to the best-working machinery, a sort of reserved power.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 by Various

Sulphurous realms of deadly gases become solid worlds; surplus sunlight becomes coal, which is reserved power; surplus carbon becomes diamonds; sediments settle until the heavens are azure, the air pure, the water translucent.

From Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work by Henry White Warren

The Act reserved power of resumption during the currency of the lease, but the Opposition contended that the power would never be exercised.

From Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information by Queensland