Talk:Prerogative

Deletion
I’m of the view this article should be deleted and ‘prergoative’ become a link to royal prerogative as that page incorporates the fundamental concept and involves both royal and deferred (to governments) prerogatives. User:MKT92 29th October 2020 - Thoughts? —Preceding undated comment added 19:25, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

I think one could argue that, given the way the english language works, if a word is used in one way in popular culture then this becomes its meaning (c.f. 'of that ilk'). Possibly, then, 'proper usage' should be replaced by 'original usage', particularly as 'proper' and 'improper' usage of words in english is inherently POV as english dictionaries only record current usage rather than defining it. -Robminchin 07:29, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

It was gary's right to decide not to sing at the dinner table when brookes brother richard was pestering gary with sound of very funky grooves a.k.a. come come gary gary on the kick drop. It was not in fact his right but was his prerogitive to not come come on the kick drop. so the story goes

Prero-?
I was more interested in finding out the root meaning of this word. I understand the "pre" means before, but "ro" and "gative" (how is that related to positive and negative?). Bartszyszka 06:57, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

Encyclopedic?
I don't mean any ill-will, but I'm just confused. Is this truly an encyclopedic entry? Isn't this better suited for wiktionary instead of wikipedia? I'm not really all to snuff on the rules considering articles so I'm not going to propose anything; I'm just wondering if it truly belongs on wikipedia. --74.197.254.17 (talk) 02:37, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

I think it does belong in the encyclopaedia - it's a concept in (also international) law, rather than just a term. I'm a little concerned about the definition, though: governments and states themselves have prerogatives (see Webster's Dictionary, definition [in my edition] (3): "one (i.e., a right, perhaps "power" would be a shade better) possessed by a nation as an attribute of sovereignty". They also tend to hang on to them as long as possible! Maelli (talk) 09:42, 2 June 2013 (UTC)

Win sagpa me insan iyum aymo lang no kazatnunan ti maubran Kenirog (talk) 20:59, 27 July 2016 (UTC)

Should "in law" be changed to "in British law"?
Right now the text says "in law..." but at oxforddictionaries.com - [prerogative] the word is tagged as "British" and "Law".

AllThatJazz2012 (talk) 23:16, 28 May 2016 (UTC)