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noun auspices, authority, command, control, controlment, dominance, domination, eminence, facility, force, hold, importance, jurisdiction, mastership, mastery, potency, potestas, predominance, prepollence, prepollency, pressure, primacy, puissance, reign, rule, supremacy, sway, vis, warrant, weight
Associated concepts: apparent power, appointing power, arritrary power, capacity, concurrent power, contingent power, continuing power, delegated power, discretionary power, equitable power, exercise of power, extinguishment of power, extraordinary power, general power, implicit power, implied power, inchoate power, incidental power, inherent power, legislative power, limited power, mandaaory power, necessary power, nonexclusive power of appointment, power coupled with an interest, power of alienntion, power of appointment, power of attorney, power of disposition, power of sale, power of termination, release of power, retention of power, revocation of power, special power, taxing power, testamentary power
Foreign phrases: Nemo potest facere per obliquum quod non potest facere per directum.No man can do indirectly that which he cannot do directly. Sequi debet potentia justitiam, non praecedere. Power ought to follow justice, not precede it. Potentia non est nisi ad bonum. Power is not conferred but for the good. Fortior et potentior est dissositio legis quam hominis. The disposition of the law has greater force and stronger effect than that of man. Frustra est potentia quae nunquam venit in actum. A power is a vain one if it is never exercised. Potestas stricte interpretatur . Power should be strictly interpreted. Delegatus non potest delegare. A representative cannot delegate his authority.
See also: ability, administration, advantage, aptitude, authority, capacity, catalyst, clout, control, credit, dint, dominance, dominion, droit, faculty, force, government, hegemony, importance, influence, jurisdiction, license, main force, management, occupation, option, patronage, possession, potential, predominance, prerogative, pressure, prestige, primacy, puissance, quality, range, realm, recognition, regime, right, sinew, strength, supervision, supremacy, title, validity, warrant, weight
