residual power

American  

noun

1. power retained by a governmental authority after certain powers have been delegated to other authorities.

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Etymology

Origin of residual power

First recorded in 1915–20

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Example Sentences

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residual power

In that case, she said, the Supreme Court also stated that former presidents retained some residual power to invoke executive privilege.

From New York Times ● Sep. 5, 2022

His residual power, which he must use or lose, is to influence his party’s selection of candidates for state and federal offices.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 4, 2022

But this is not simply about the residual power of a state attorney general to prosecute in the wake of a presidential pardon.

From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2018

Huang chose to sign with ABC in deference to the residual power of network television to alter mass perceptions about race, and he had hoped to portray the Asian-immigrant experience without equivocation or compromise.

From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2015

Others disintegrated on their own as the residual power of Diocletian’s sceptre finally failed.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

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