This includes the capital city and the surrounding areas where the king effectively exercises his government.

The King could not exercise power over persons or property located outside of his kingdom.

The king exercises this control through the recognition of a corporate group's particular jurisprudence.

The king could only exercise his power where he or his trusted representatives were personally present.

But the King maintains veto power and also exercises complete control over foreign and military affairs.

The Carolingian king exercised the bannum, the right to rule and command.

The King may also exercise powers "relating to matters which are not provided for under this Constitution or other laws."

For the first time the Kings of Siam exercised his powers through a council.

The appointment of new cabinets by the King is a formality, and the king has not directly exercised executive powers since 1905.

The novel idea of a valido exercising power went against the long-standing popular conception that the king should exercise his powers personally, not through another.