Definition of authority

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Authority (n.) A precedent; a decision of a court, an official declaration, or an opinion, saying, or statement worthy to be taken as a precedent..

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Authorized :: Authorized (a.) Possessed of or endowed with authority; as, an authorized agent..
Supreme :: Supremacy (n.) The state of being supreme, or in the highest station of power; highest or supreme authority or power; as, the supremacy of a king or a parliament..
Danger :: Danger (n.) Authority; jurisdiction; control.
Domain :: Domain (n.) Dominion; empire; authority.
Unprecedented :: Unprecedented (a.) Having no precedent or example; not preceded by a like case; not having the authority of prior example; novel; new; unexampled.
Authority :: Authority (n.) Justification; warrant.
Bailiwick :: Bailiwick (n.) The precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction; the limits of a bailiff's authority.
Sovereign :: Sovereign (n.) The person, body, or state in which independent and supreme authority is vested; especially, in a monarchy, a king, queen, or emperor..
Seditious :: Seditious (a.) Disposed to arouse, or take part in, violent opposition to lawful authority; turbulent; factious; guilty of sedition; as, seditious citizens..
Limitation :: Limitation (v. t.) The act of limiting; the state or condition of being limited; as, the limitation of his authority was approved by the council..
Cathedra :: Cathedra (n.) The official chair or throne of a bishop, or of any person in high authority..
Classical :: Classical (n.) Conforming to the best authority in literature and art; chaste; pure; refined; as, a classical style..
Mandamus :: Mandamus (n.) A writ issued by a superior court and directed to some inferior tribunal, or to some corporation or person exercising authority, commanding the performance of some specified duty..
Decree :: Decree (v. t.) To determine judicially by authority, or by decree; to constitute by edict; to appoint by decree or law; to determine; to order; to ordain; as, a court decrees a restoration of property..
Regal :: Regal (a.) Of or pertaining to a king; kingly; royal; as, regal authority, pomp, or sway..
Dominion :: Dominion (n.) Sovereign or supreme authority; the power of governing and controlling; independent right of possession, use, and control; sovereignty; supremacy..
Sircar :: Sircar (n.) The government; the supreme authority of the state.
Bible :: Bible (n.) The Book by way of eminence, -- that is, the book which is made up of the writings accepted by Christians as of divine origin and authority, whether such writings be in the original language, or translated; the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments; -- sometimes in a restricted sense, the Old Testament; as, King James's Bible; Douay Bible; Luther's Bible. Also, the book which is made up of writings similarly accepted by the Jews; as, a rabbinical Bible..
Sanction :: Sanction (n.) Anything done or said to enforce the will, law, or authority of another; as, legal sanctions..
Distrust :: Distrust (n.) Doubt of sufficiency, reality, or sincerity; want of confidence, faith, or reliance; as, distrust of one's power, authority, will, purposes, schemes, etc..
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