discretionary authority

collocation in English

meaningsofdiscretionaryandauthority

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discretionary
adjective
uk
/dɪˈskreʃ.ən.ər.i/us
/dɪˈskreʃ.ən.er.i/
able to be decided by a particular person or group, rather than being controlled by rules, or relating to the power to make ...
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authority
noun
uk
/ɔːˈθɒr.ə.ti/us
/əˈθɔːr.ə.t̬i/
the moral or legal right or ability ...
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(Definition ofdiscretionaryandauthorityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The main finding is that a combination of democratic contestation and institutional restraints on governments'discretionaryauthoritysubstantially improves developmental governance.
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Contestation's contribution in these areas is mainly indirect, in providing a pluralistic political environment to support institutional restraints on governments'discretionaryauthority.
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Democratic constitutions formally limitdiscretionaryauthority, among other ways, by establishing judicial independence, affirming the public service's organisational integrity, and specifying presidential term limits.
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This is one of the great weaknesses of thediscretionaryauthority.
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Thatdiscretionaryauthorityhas been exercised in three directions.
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It was probably wrong to expect civil servants, especially civil servants of minor grade, to make full use ofdiscretionaryauthority.
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That is adiscretionaryauthoritywhich can be exercised.
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Originally, the governor had soughtdiscretionaryauthorityto withhold funds from integrated school districts; now the goal became automatic cut-off.
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It was held that judges have a common lawdiscretionaryauthorityto impose publication bans on information revealed in a criminal trial.
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Accordingly, he promoted able men to local positions and gave themdiscretionaryauthorityto handle relief and other problems.
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Basically, contractors may not exercise anydiscretionaryauthority.
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Quinn haddiscretionaryauthorityto charge them for a variety of offenses and then to arrest them or not.
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