pravomocn

Pravomocný (often written without diacritics as pravomocn in some texts) is a Czech adjective used to describe someone or something that has official authority, jurisdiction, or power to act or decide. It is commonly found in legal and administrative language and conveys that the subject possesses the formal capacity to perform a certain act or to decide within a defined scope.

In legal usage, pravomocný can refer to:

- a person or body with the authority to decide or issue acts, such as a pravomocný soud (a court that has jurisdiction) or pravomocný úřad (a competent authority);

- a decision or judgment that has become final and enforceable, i.e., pravomocné rozhodnutí or pravomocný rozsudek, meaning that the decision has legal force and can be executed.

The term is often contrasted with concepts like nepravomocný, meaning not yet binding or not yet enforceable. In everyday language, pravomocný may describe a person’s or institution’s recognized competence to act within a particular domain.

Examples:

- Soud je pravomocný rozhodovat ve věcech uvedených v zákoně. (The court is competent to decide matters specified by law.)

- Rozsudek nabyl právní moci a je pravomocný. (The judgment has become final and enforceable.)

Etymology traces pravomocný to pravomoc (authority, jurisdiction) with the adjectival suffix -ný. The non-diacritic form pravomocn appears primarily in technical or digital contexts; standard spelling in Czech is pravomocný.