Legal Power (Noun)
Meaning
(law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law; "courts having jurisdiction in this district".
Classification
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
Examples
- The Supreme Court has ultimate legal power to decide cases involving federal laws and the US Constitution.
- In many countries, the high court holds sweeping legal power over matters of constitutional law and judicial review.
- The justices argued that the state court overstepped its legal power in ordering the execution to proceed without proper review.
- The law grants federal courts significant legal power to enforce civil rights protections for individual citizens.
- As an arm of the federal judiciary, the circuit court has considerable legal power to decide disputes among district courts.