What is Prerogative?
A '''prerogative''' is an [[wikt:exclusive|exclusive]] power or [[wikt:privilege|privilege]] possessed by an [[official]] of a [[government]] or [[state]] as a part of his or her [[wikt:office|office]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/prerogative |title=prerogative |website=The Free Dictionary |publisher=Farlex |access-date=28 September 2016}}</ref> Under [[English law]] it is right of a [[sovereign]], which in [[theory]], has no [[wikt:restriction|restriction]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/prerogative |title=prerogative |website=Oxford Dictionaries |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=28 September 2016 |archive-date=26 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160926040016/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/prerogative |url-status=dead }}</ref> For [[example]], the British [[monarch]] holds [[Royal prerogative]]s which have never been fully listed.<ref name=queenspowers>{{cite web |url=http://royalcentral.co.uk/blogs/insight/how-far-does-the-royal-prerogative-really-reach-37843 |title=What exactly are The Queen’s powers? |publisher=Royal Central |access-date=28 September 2016 |archive-date=13 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913090044/http://royalcentral.co.uk/blogs/insight/how-far-does-the-royal-prerogative-really-reach-37843 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In practice, they are usually used by [[minister]]s on behalf of the monarch.<ref name=queenspowers/> In the [[United States]], the [[United States Constitution|Constitution]] is written in such a way to allow executive prerogatives.<ref name=PiousPP>{{cite web |url=https://www.ait.org.tw/infousa/zhtw/DOCS/Demopaper/dmpaper7.html |title=The Powers of the Presidency |author=Richard M. Pious |website=Democracy Papers |publisher=American Institute in Taiwan |access-date=28 September 2016 |archive-date=24 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160724075809/http://www.ait.org.tw/infousa/zhtw/docs/demopaper/dmpaper7.html