In
law, a prerogative is an
exclusive right
An exclusive right, or exclusivity, is a ''de facto'', non-tangible prerogative existing in law (that is, the power or, in a wider sense, right) to perform an action or acquire a benefit and to permit or deny others the right to perform the same ...
bestowed by a
government
A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a State (polity), state.
In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive (government), execu ...
or
state and invested in an individual or group, the content of which is separate from the body of
rights
Rights are law, legal, social, or ethics, ethical principles of freedom or Entitlement (fair division), entitlement; that is, rights are the fundamental normative rules about what is allowed of people or owed to people according to some legal sy ...
enjoyed under the general
law. It was a common facet of
feudal law
Feudalism, also known as the feudal system, was a combination of legal, economic, military, cultural, and political customs that flourished in medieval Europe from the 9th to 15th centuries. Broadly defined, it was a way of structuring societ ...
. The word is derived from Old French ''prerogative'' (14c.), M.L. ''prerogativa'' "special right", from Latin ''
praerogativa'' "prerogative, previous choice or election", originally (with
tribus,
centuria) "100 voters who by lot voted first in the Roman
comitia", from ''praerogativus'' (adj.) "chosen to vote first".
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Extraterritoriality
In international law, extraterritoriality or exterritoriality is the state of being exempted from the jurisdiction of local law, usually as the result of diplomatic negotiations.
Historically, this primarily applied to individuals, as jurisdict ...
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Prerogative court
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Prerogative writ
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Royal prerogative
The royal prerogative is a body of customary authority, Privilege (law), privilege, and immunity recognised in common law (and sometimes in Civil law (legal system), civil law jurisdictions possessing a monarchy) as belonging to the monarch, so ...
See also
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Individual rights
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Sui juris
* "
My Prerogative" (song)
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Legal terminology
Rights
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