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Suspension :: Suspension (n.) Of a person in respect of the exercise of his office, powers, prerogative, etc.; as, the suspension of a student or of a clergyman..

Grace :: Grace (n.) The same prerogative when exercised in the form of equitable relief through chancery.

Purveyance :: Purveyance (n.) A providing necessaries for the sovereign by buying them at an appraised value in preference to all others, and oven without the owner's consent. This was formerly a royal prerogative, but has long been abolished..

Prerogative :: Prerogative (n.) Precedence; preeminence; first rank.

Regalian :: Regalian (a.) Pertaining to regalia; pertaining to the royal insignia or prerogatives.

Privilege :: Privilege (n.) A peculiar benefit, advantage, or favor; a right or immunity not enjoyed by others or by all; special enjoyment of a good, or exemption from an evil or burden; a prerogative; advantage; franchise..

Intrench :: Intrench (v. i.) To invade; to encroach; to infringe or trespass; to enter on, and take possession of, that which belongs to another; -- usually followed by on or upon; as, the king was charged with intrenching on the rights of the nobles, and the nobles were accused of intrenching on the prerogative of the crown..

Royal :: Royal (a.) Kingly; pertaining to the crown or the sovereign; suitable for a king or queen; regal; as, royal power or prerogative; royal domains; the royal family; royal state..

Peculiar :: Peculiar (n.) That which is peculiar; a sole or exclusive property; a prerogative; a characteristic.

Preemption :: Preemption (n.) The privilege or prerogative formerly enjoyed by the king of buying provisions for his household in preference to others.

Regalism :: Regalism (n.) The doctrine of royal prerogative or supremacy.

Mandatary :: Mandatary (n.) One to whom a command or charge is given; hence, specifically, a person to whom the pope has, by his prerogative, given a mandate or order for his benefice..

Coshering :: Coshering (n.) A feudal prerogative of the lord of the soil entitling him to lodging and food at his tenant's house.

Prerogatived :: Prerogatived (a.) Endowed with a prerogative, or exclusive privilege..

Accroach :: Accroach (v. t.) To usurp, as jurisdiction or royal prerogatives..

Seigniorage :: Seigniorage (n.) Something claimed or taken by virtue of sovereign prerogative; specifically, a charge or toll deducted from bullion brought to a mint to be coined; the difference between the cost of a mass of bullion and the value as money of the pieces coined from it..

Regale :: Regale (n.) A prerogative of royalty.

Regalia :: Regalia (n. pl.) That which belongs to royalty. Specifically: (a) The rights and prerogatives of a king. (b) Royal estates and revenues. (c) Ensings, symbols, or paraphernalia of royalty..

Usurp :: Usurp (v. t.) To seize, and hold in possession, by force, or without right; as, to usurp a throne; to usurp the prerogatives of the crown; to usurp power; to usurp the right of a patron is to oust or dispossess him..

Seguestration :: Seguestration (n.) A prerogative process empowering certain commissioners to take and hold a defendant's property and receive the rents and profits thereof, until he clears himself of a contempt or performs a decree of the court..

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