Sentences with 'prerogative'
Example sentences and phrases with the word prerogative and other words derived from it.
• « James I, inspired by events on the continent, sought to insist on the "royal prerogative", the right of the king to rule by force of will. »
• « Leisler's actions usurped the prerogative of the crown and, as a result, he was tried for treason and executed. »
• « Nor did the slave woman's role as daughter, wife or mother gain any patriarchal protection. Each of these roles and the relationships they defined were subject to the prerogative of the master, who could freely rape enslaved women, sell their children or separate them from their families. »