Perogative vs. Prerogative

By Jaxson

  • Perogative

    In law, a prerogative is an exclusive right given from a government or state and invested in an individual or group, the content of which is separate from the body of rights enjoyed under the general law of the normative state. It was a common facet of feudal law. The word is derived from O.Fr. prerogative (14c.), M.L. prerogativa “special right,” from L. praerogativa “prerogative, previous choice or election,” originally (with tribus, centuria) “unit of 100 voters who by lot voted first in the Roman comitia,” from praerogativus (adj.) “chosen to vote first.”

    In modern popular culture usage, the word prerogative has come to mean the egalitarian condition of the right for anyone’s own self-determination, e.g., that it is “one’s prerogative” to do as they please. The antithesis of the legal historic use of the term, being private exclusion from anyone and determined to the individual from without.

  • Prerogative

    In law, a prerogative is an exclusive right given from a government or state and invested in an individual or group, the content of which is separate from the body of rights enjoyed under the general law of the normative state. It was a common facet of feudal law. The word is derived from O.Fr. prerogative (14c.), M.L. prerogativa “special right,” from L. praerogativa “prerogative, previous choice or election,” originally (with tribus, centuria) “unit of 100 voters who by lot voted first in the Roman comitia,” from praerogativus (adj.) “chosen to vote first.”

    In modern popular culture usage, the word prerogative has come to mean the egalitarian condition of the right for anyone’s own self-determination, e.g., that it is “one’s prerogative” to do as they please. The antithesis of the legal historic use of the term, being private exclusion from anyone and determined to the individual from without.

Wikipedia
  • Perogative (noun)

    misspelling of prerogative

  • Prerogative (noun)

    A hereditary or official right or privilege.

  • Prerogative (noun)

    A right, or power that is exclusive to a monarch etc, especially such a power to make a decision or judgement.

  • Prerogative (noun)

    A right, generally.

  • Prerogative (noun)

    A property, attribute or ability which gives one a superiority or advantage over others; an inherent advantage or privilege; a talent.

  • Prerogative (adjective)

    Having a hereditary or official right or privilege.

Wiktionary
  • Prerogative (noun)

    a right or privilege exclusive to a particular individual or class

    “in some countries, higher education is predominantly the prerogative of the rich”

  • Prerogative (noun)

    the right of the sovereign, which in British law is theoretically subject to no restriction.

  • Prerogative (noun)

    a faculty or property distinguishing a person or class

    “it’s not a female prerogative to feel insecure”

  • Prerogative (adjective)

    arising from the prerogative of the Crown (usually delegated to the government or the judiciary) and based in common law rather than statutory law

    “the monarch retained the formal prerogative power to appoint the Prime Minister”

Oxford Dictionary

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