full powers; total authority; plenipotentiary powers
temporarily; for the time being
power and position (politics)
to do whatever is expedient
authority; authoritative; power and prestige
to act as if; to treat sth as if it were
art of politics; political tricks (often derog.); power play; to play at politics; underhand trickery
rights; interests; rights and benefits
to sprout; (fig). to begin; beginning
to weigh; to consider; to assess; to balance; to trade-off
influential officials; bigwigs
weight (i.e. importance attached to sth)
scope of authority; extent of power; (access etc) privileges
authoritative; (having) authority
a plenipotentiary (representative)
plenipotentiary ambassador
claim to rights (copyright, patent etc)
transfer of power; to hand over power
contingency theory (theory of leadership)
obsessed by a craving for power; power hungry
weigh the pros and the cons
position; authority; responsibility
to infringe the rights of; to violate; infringement
military leadership; military power
economic rights (e.g. of a state monopoly)
(math.) to weight; weighting; weighted (average, index etc)
authorized; entrusted (with authority)
delta Ursae Majoris in the Big Dipper
authority over the household
to abstain from voting; to forfeit; to waive one's right to vote; to abdicate
to hold power; in the driving seat
to wield (political etc) power; be in power
to have no right; to have no authority
to have the power (to); powerful; to have the right (to); to be entitled (to); to have authority
prerogative; privilege; privileged
to usurp authority; to hold power improperly
authority; power over others
equity shares; stock right
property ownership or right; financial power; financial control
to go beyond one's authority; arrogation
centralized power (history), e.g. under an Emperor or party
the right to host (an international meeting)
civil rights; citizenship rights
copyright; rights to a trademark
jurisdiction; judicial authority
persons or faction in authority
ruler; those in power; the authorities
ownership; possession; property rights; title (to property)
control (e.g. to win control); controlling right
authority to dispose of sth
patent; franchise; concession
sovereignty; dominion; dominance
ability to make one's own decisions
rights of autonomy; autonomy; see 自治
administrative authority; executive power
immunity from prosecution
discretion; discretionary power
a human rights activist; a fighter for human rights
to abuse power to crush the law
tort; infringement (of sb's rights)
puppet state; puppet regime
separation of powers for checks and balances
to be in a position of power
scope of authority; mandate
power vacuum; political vacuum
person in power; the one with authority; the guy in charge
democracy; civil liberties; principle of democracy, the second of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three principles of the people 三民主義|三民主义 (at the time, meaning widespread popular involvement in affairs of state)
diplomatic immunity; (history) extraterritoriality, the rights (under unequal treaties) of a foreigner to live in China outside Chinese jurisdiction
all rights reserved (copyright statement)
life-and-death power; ultimate power
intellectual property rights (law)
to adapt to circumstances
the right of immunity from arrest afforded by the Taiwan ROC Constitution, for the duration of meetings, unless caught actually committing a crime, to members of the National Assembly, the Legislative Yuan, or a supervisory committee
prior purchase right; right of first refusal (ROFR); preemptive right to purchase
preemptive right (in share issue)
the right to a fair trial
to dismiss military hierarchy using wine cups; cf Song founding Emperor Song Taizu 宋太祖 holds a banquet in 961 and persuades his senior army commanders to go home to their provinces
special drawing rights (SDR), international currency of the IMF
supreme power; sovereignty
centralized autocratic rule
right to protection by law (law)
international human rights norms
the EU Sakharov prize for human rights
incitement to subvert state power (criminal charge used to gag free speech)