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

I have marveled at his self-poise and reserved power.

From Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of William H. F. Lee (A Representative from Virginia) Delivered in the House of Representatives and in the Senate, Fifty-Second Congress, First Session by Various

Nullification, as he used daily to declare, was a "reserved power."

From Famous Americans of Recent Times by Parton, James

Shall there be no reserved power in the empire to supply a deficiency which may weaken, divide, and dissipate the whole?

From The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2. From 1620-1816 by Ryerson, Egerton

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 Warren, Henry White