reserved power
noun
a political power that a constitution reserves exclusively to the jurisdiction of a particular political authority.
Origin of reserved power
1First recorded in 1825–35
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How to use reserved power in a sentence
If it be not among them, it belongs, of course, to the reserved powers.
Thirty Years' View (Vol. I of 2) | Thomas Hart BentonWhat has been said as to the city's expressly reserved powers on certain grants may be illustrated by a summary of two franchises.
Each State is a complete sovereignty within the sphere of its reserved powers.
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