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LEGAL POWER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does legal power mean?
• LEGAL POWER (noun)
The noun LEGAL POWER has 1 sense:
1. (law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law
Familiarity information: LEGAL POWER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
jurisdiction; legal power
Context example:
courts having jurisdiction in this district
Hypernyms ("legal power" is a kind of...):
power; powerfulness (possession of controlling influence)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Context examples
A person who has a license that gives them the legal power to witness the signing of documents, to certify that documents are real, and to take statements made under oath.
(Notary public, NCI Dictionary)
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