Prerogative 1100 Words You Need Week 46 Day 2

Prerogative 1100 Words You Need Week 46 Day 2

Prerogative 1100 Words You Need Week 46 Day 2

/prɪˈrɒg.ə.tɪv/ (noun)

exclusive privilege or right owned by some particular people, entitlement, advantage, appanage, due, birthright, prerequisite

Prior to the FtPA, the legal power to dissolve Parliament rested with the Sovereign who, by modern convention, would do so at the request of the Prime Minister.54 Section 3 of the Act replaced the royal prerogative power of dissolution, and the commitment to repeal the FtPA has raised the question of whether the royal prerogative power of dissolution can be revived.

Source: https://publications.parliament.uk/