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legal power Meaning of "legal power"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) (law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law

Usage(s):

  1. Though it makes recommendations, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine does not have the legal power to enforce guidelines.
  2. The various family groups have no real legal power over the site.
  3. The local officials with responsibility for preventing counterfeiting have no legal power to search an illegal bottler's factory, it is said.
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