plenary power 全權專業詞彙詳解

plenary power 全權

Word of the Day for Saturday May 4, 2002:

adj.

充分的, 完全的; 絕對的`, 無限制的

全體出席的; 有全權的;【律】正式的

plenary power [authority]

全權

a plenary meeting [session]

全體會議, 大會

plenary PLEE-nuh-ree; PLEN-uh-ree, adjective:

1. Full in all respects; complete; absolute; as, plenary authority.

2. Fully attended by all qualified members.

Judges like to quote a 1936 Supreme Court opinion that spoke of "the very delicate, plenary and exclusive power of the President as the sole organ of the Federal Government in the field of international relations."

--"Like Interpreting the Dreams of Pharaoh," New York Times, November 6, 1988

Tito called a plenary session of the Central Committee.

--Milovan Djilas, Fall of the New Class

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Plenary comes from Late Latin plenarius, from Latin plenus, "full." It is related to plenty.

Fully attended by all qualified members: