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- noun Alternative form of
powan .
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Examples
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I shall mention them without observing any exact nietlnid, be - cause divers of them extend to more tliati one of these cUstinct powen, and some of them re - fer at once to all of them.
Cobbett's Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and Other Crimes ... 1812
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In February, 1812, the temporary restrictions on the powen of his Royal Highness the Prince Regent expired; on which oc* casion additional acts regulating the householdj and making other necessary arrangements, were passed*
Collins's Peerage of England; Genealogical, Biographical, and Historical 1812
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Since Michael and hit powen went fonh to tame Thde difobediem: fore had been their fight,
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Propoeed allerationa in, 56. UncoDititnlioDaUtj 'of the powen given to tbem, 188.
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Ety'*of Ae thing, as ho - perceive our procecduiga with one ncftly inclined to the uttermoft ot Reed, an afderroan of London, who their powen, as they law the requeft rcpaircth down ihither to ferve in to be grounded upon moft rcafonabie cbofe parts '; praying your Jordfrnp, at caufcs.
the edinburgh magazine or literary miscellany Literary Miscellany 1791
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The 18th Legislative power vested in Congress, which has been generally called the sweeping clause, has been often objected to as, in a great measure, defeating the checks on the specified powen vested in Congress, and as endangering the powers reserved to the Stales, and enablinig Congress to enact laws of a questionable nature.
The Debates and proceedings in the Congress of the United States 1789
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Mr.M. concluded by observing, that, from all he had said, it was to be understood that the powen of legislation were only with Congress, and thai the House of Representatives could not, on ibe subject before them, legislate without informa - tion.
The Debates and proceedings in the Congress of the United States 1789
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Jofeph advanced as far as Tremecen, thence he proceeded to Bugia, and having obliged the Moors of that part of Africa, and even thofe of Tunis, to become his vafTals, he once more returned triumphant to Mo - rocco, where he was again proclaimed, with this increafe of powen commander of the faithful.
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It has been univerfally underftood by this that the Nation proclaimed to the world that it would never engage in any ofFenfive war, * and I am pcrfuaded it was thus the AlTcmbly intended it ihould be underftood j for, had it only pretended to renounce the conquering and enflaving of other Natbns, it would have been too miiplaced a boaft, dpecially at the time when France has much more reafon to wilh that ito advantage may be taken of her fituation, than to promife not to abufe her powen
Considerations on the Present and Future State of France Charles Alexandre de Calonne 1791
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V A G V A L Has two powen, expreiTed io moderorVA'GARY.
A dictionary of the English language. Abstracted from the folio ed., by the author. To which is ... 1768
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