... and out of the ordinary course of the common law, in right of his regal dignity. And hence it follows, that it must be in its nature singular and eccentrical ; that it can only be applied to those rights and capacities which the King enjoys alone, in contradistinction to others, and not to those which he enjoys in common law with any of his subjects. Dicey, on the other hand, describes the prerogative in the following manner: ......Every act, which the executive government can lawfully do without the authority of an Act of Parliament.2 From these differing definitions, the following can be deduced: first, that these are powers which are inherent in, and peculiar to, the Crown; secondly, that the powers derive from common law; thirdly, that the powers are residual; fourthly, that the majority of the powers are exercised by the executive government in the name of the Crown; and finally, ...

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