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roving commission

British  

noun

  1. authority or power given in a general area, without precisely defined terms of reference

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In Orlando, there was further evidence that Tuchel has effectively given Kane a roving commission to link, create and score – all tasks he performs superbly.

From BBC Jun. 11, 2026

“The judiciary doesn’t sit as a roving commission to rule on the legality of either Congress’s enactments or the executive’s implementation of those enactments,” U.S. solicitor general Elizabeth B. Prelogar pointed out.

From Washington Post Mar. 1, 2023

“What you have to understand is, we were not in effect a roving commission to explore everything, the insides and outs, what took place here.”

From Washington Times Sep. 25, 2015

“This court is not a roving commission that offers instinctual legal reactions to interesting issues that have not been raised. ,” the court wrote in the 2008 decision.

From Washington Times Oct. 20, 2014

Sometimes she accepted a roving commission and travelled with her charge, meanwhile letting her house in town, so making a double profit.

From A Crooked Path A Novel by Alexander, Mrs.

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