prerogative
noun
[ prɪˈrɒɡətɪv ]
• a right or privilege exclusive to a particular individual or class.
• "in some countries, higher education is predominantly the prerogative of the rich"
Similar:
entitlement,
right,
privilege,
advantage,
due,
birthright,
liberty,
authority,
authorization,
power,
licence,
permission,
dispensation,
leave,
consent,
warrant,
charter,
franchise,
sanction,
exemption,
immunity,
indemnity,
carte blanche,
droit,
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"
Origin:
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin praerogativa ‘(the verdict of) the political division which was chosen to vote first in the assembly’, feminine (used as noun) of praerogativus ‘asked first’, from prae ‘before’ + rogare ‘ask’.
