Although, the marriage might not has the same legal power back in their countries.

He had also certain legal powers, like that of a police force.

This has later been used to question the legal power of the Charter.

Constitutional law has always recognised the need for a close relationship between political and legal power.

The union also has the legal power to represent the students to the university administration and in all other matters.

However, the Committee possesses no legal power to make decisions.

"Mandate only where you have legal power," the group said in a statement.

"The military will have the legal power to declare a state of emergency," he said.

We don't actually have the legal power to seize the patents.

Local officials, he said, have little money, equipment or legal power to enforce regulations.

Many are small and complain that they lack the legal power or money to succeed.

For more detail, see the legal powers area of this website.

But other trappings of legal power did not impress him.

Its decision has no legal power but it can recommend the transfer of a case to an ordinary court.

"What will happen when you give them the actual, legal power to detain people like this law does?"

It had lost legal power over the pace and shape of unification.

In extreme circumstances the Government does have certain direct legal powers over radio and television.

Yet the agency has no legal power to force building owners to adopt its suggestions.

Counties also have much less legal power than home rule municipalities.

The following year they were granted the same legal power as magistrates.

His legal power and authority extended only to the city of Hades.

Women fought to have their legal powers and rights reduced, despite opposition from all other states.

From then on all legal powers, etc., were held in the name of the Commission and not by the individual executives.

With such legal power, the tobacco companies have enjoyed a reasonable measure of success in court.

It also has the legal power to relax the district's strict gun control laws.