Definition, Betydelse, Synonymer & Anagram | Engelska ordet DISCRETION

Definition av DISCRETION

1. omdöme, omdömesförmåga
2. diskretion, finkänslighet, takt; varsamhet, försiktighet

Exempel på hur man kan använda DISCRETION i en mening

• determine the nature of one single atom seen on a metal surface and selected from neighboring atoms at the discretion of the observer”.
• A veto by the king may be overridden by a two-thirds vote of both houses of parliament at his discretion, most recently in November 2009.
• Having found for the plaintiff for a violation of the first law, the court then has the discretion to exercise judicial economy and refuse to make a decision on the remaining two claims, on the grounds that the finding of one violation should be sufficient to satisfy the plaintiff.
• The presidency is largely a ceremonial office, but the president does exercise certain limited powers with absolute discretion which have constitutional importance.
• The Governor General exercises basically ceremonial functions, but residual powers, under the constitution, can be used at the governor general's discretion.
• A governorate is administered by a governor, who is appointed by the President of Egypt and serves at the president's discretion.
• In matters that involve issues of federal law, the final decision of the state's highest court (including refusals to hear final appeals) may be appealed to the United States Supreme Court (which also has the discretion to refuse to hear them).
• However, where the exercise of discretion goes beyond constraints set down by legislation, by binding precedent, or by a constitution, the court may be abusing its discretion and undermining the rule of law.
• One way to promote judicial independence is by granting life tenure or long tenure for judges, which ideally frees them to decide cases and make rulings according to the rule of law and judicial discretion, even if those decisions are politically unpopular or opposed by powerful interests.
• Then-president Nursultan Nazarbayev expanded his presidential powers by decree: only he can initiate constitutional amendments, appoint and dismiss the government, dissolve Parliament, call referendums at his discretion, and appoint administrative heads of regions and cities.
• The city has also participated in legal proceedings to preserve its ability to participate in residential zoning decisions, including the discretion to regulate single-family homes from being transformed by for-profit developers into “six-on-a-lots.
• Provinces are theoretically subservient to the PRC central government, but in practice, provincial officials have large discretion with regard to economic policy.
• When a jury does not reach a unanimous decision and does not feel it is possible to do so, they declare themselves a "hung jury", a mistrial is declared, and the trial will have to be redone at the discretion of the plaintiff or prosecutor.
• In England and Wales, the Court of King's Bench was tasked with the duty of supervising all lower courts, and had power to issue all writs necessary for the discharge of that duty; the justices of that Court appeared to have no discretion as to whether it was heard, as long as an application for a bill of certiorari met established criteria, as it arose from their duty of supervision.
• In a technical sense, the term "city manager," in contrast to "chief administrative officer" (CAO), implies more discretion and independent authority that is set forth in a charter or some other body of codified law, as opposed to duties being assigned on a varying basis by a single superior, such as a mayor.
• This was used to communicate in the mines as there was strictly no talking otherwise there would be severe, drastic punishments at the discretion of their superior.
• In paper heraldry it is a depiction of the protective cloth covering (often of linen) worn by knights from their helmets to stave off the elements, and, secondarily, to decrease the effects of sword-blows against the helmet in battle, from which it is usually shown tattered or cut to shreds; less often it is shown as an intact drape, principally in those cases where clergy use a helmet and mantling (to symbolise that, despite the perhaps contradictory presence of the helmet, they have not been involved in combat), although this is usually the artist's discretion and done for decorative rather than symbolic reasons.
• The private secretary served as the president's de facto chief aide, in a role that combined personal and professional assignments of highly delicate and demanding natures, requiring great skill and utmost discretion.
• Alternative models include deferring to parents or guardians when the decision falls into the zone of parental discretion (parents or guardians make choices that others consider suboptimal, but which seem better to the decision-makers and have little potential for serious harm) and the harm principle, which requires outside intervention to prevent serious harm.
• Historically, when monarchs exercised personal influence and overall decision-making in government, a speech from the throne would outline the policies and objectives of the monarch; the speech was usually prepared by the monarch's advisers, but the monarch supervised the drafting of the speech at least to some extent and exercised final discretion as to its content.

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