Definition of authority

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Authority (n.) Justification; warrant.

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Warrant :: Warrant (n.) That which warrants or authorizes; a commission giving authority, or justifying the doing of anything; an act, instrument, or obligation, by which one person authorizes another to do something which he has not otherwise a right to do; an act or instrument investing one with a right or authority, and thus securing him from loss or damage; commission; authority..
Hierarchism :: Hierarchism (n.) The principles or authority of a hierarchy.
Law :: Law (n.) Any edict, decree, order, ordinance, statute, resolution, judicial, decision, usage, etc., or recognized, and enforced, by the controlling authority..
Princely :: Princely (a.) Of or relating to a prince; regal; royal; of highest rank or authority; as, princely birth, character, fortune, etc..
Rule :: Rule (n.) To control the will and actions of; to exercise authority or dominion over; to govern; to manage.
Brief :: Brief (n.) A letter patent, from proper authority, authorizing a collection or charitable contribution of money in churches, for any public or private purpose..
Pretorian :: Pretorian (a.) Of or pertaining to a pretor or magistrate; judicial; exercised by, or belonging to, a pretor; as, pretorian power or authority..
Rumor :: Rumor (n.) A current story passing from one person to another, without any known authority for its truth; -- in this sense often personified..
Exactor :: Exactor (n.) One who exacts or demands by authority or right; hence, an extortioner; also, one unreasonably severe in injunctions or demands..
Authorize :: Authorize (v. t.) To establish by authority, as by usage or public opinion; to sanction; as, idioms authorized by usage..
Self-assumed :: Self-assumed (a.) Assumed by one's own act, or without authority..
Indict :: Indict (v. t.) To appoint publicly or by authority; to proclaim or announce.
Limitary :: Limitary (v. t.) Confined within limits; limited in extent, authority, power, etc..
Church :: Church (n.) The aggregate of religious influences in a community; ecclesiastical influence, authority, etc.; as, to array the power of the church against some moral evil..
Coordinateness :: Coordinateness (n.) The state of being coordinate; equality of rank or authority.
Inquest :: Inquest (n.) A body of men assembled under authority of law to inquire into any matterm civil or criminal, particularly any case of violent or sudden death; a jury, particularly a coroner's jury. The grand jury is sometimes called the grand inquest. See under Grand..
Command :: Command (v. i.) To have or to exercise direct authority; to govern; to sway; to influence; to give an order or orders.
Behight :: Behight (v.) To adjudge; to assign by authority.
Subject :: Subject (a.) Specifically: One who is under the authority of a ruler and is governed by his laws; one who owes allegiance to a sovereign or a sovereign state; as, a subject of Queen Victoria; a British subject; a subject of the United States..
Tribunitian :: Tribunitian (a.) Of or pertaining to tribunes; befitting a tribune; as, tribunitial power or authority..
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