行こう使し

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

exercise; use; invoke

Formal term for exercising a right, authority, power, or discretion. Often used in legal, political, and business contexts. The object is typically an abstract noun such as 権利, 権限, 力, or 裁量.

• 国こく民みんは選せん挙きょ権けんを行こう使しする権けん利りがある。

  Citizens have the right to exercise their voting rights.

• 社しゃ長ちょうはその決けっ定ていに拒きょ否ひ権けんを行こう使しした。

  The president exercised his veto power over the decision.