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Authorization :: Authorization (n.) The act of giving authority or legal power; establishment by authority; sanction or warrant.

Sanction :: Sanction (v. t.) To give sanction to; to ratify; to confirm; to approve.

Pass :: Pass (v. i.) To advance through all the steps or stages necessary to validity or effectiveness; to be carried through a body that has power to sanction or reject; to receive legislative sanction; to be enacted; as, the resolution passed; the bill passed both houses of Congress..

Code :: Code (n.) A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form; a compilation of laws by public authority; a digest..

Plebiscite :: Plebiscite (n.) A vote by universal male suffrage; especially, in France, a popular vote, as first sanctioned by the National Constitution of 1791..

Sanction :: Sanction (n.) Solemn or ceremonious ratification; an official act of a superior by which he ratifies and gives validity to the act of some other person or body; establishment or furtherance of anything by giving authority to it; confirmation; approbation.

Sanctioning :: Sanctioning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sanctio.

Editorial :: Editorial (a.) Of or pertaining to an editor; written or sanctioned by an editor; as, editorial labors; editorial remarks..

Precedented :: Precedented (a.) Having a precedent; authorized or sanctioned by an example of a like kind.

Indorsement :: Indorsement (n.) Sanction, support, or approval; as, the indorsement of a rumor, an opinion, a course, conduct..

Oath :: Oath (n.) An appeal (in verification of a statement made) to a superior sanction, in such a form as exposes the party making the appeal to an indictment for perjury if the statement be false..

Sanctioned :: Sanctioned (imp. & p. p.) of Sanctio.

School :: School (n.) The canons, precepts, or body of opinion or practice, sanctioned by the authority of a particular class or age; as, he was a gentleman of the old school..

Authorize :: Authorize (v. t.) To establish by authority, as by usage or public opinion; to sanction; as, idioms authorized by usage..

Authorize :: Authorize (v. t.) To sanction or confirm by the authority of some one; to warrant; as, to authorize a report..

Sanction :: Sanction (n.) Anything done or said to enforce the will, law, or authority of another; as, legal sanctions..

Approval :: Approval (n.) Approbation; sanction.

Sacred :: Sacred (a.) Designated or exalted by a divine sanction; possessing the highest title to obedience, honor, reverence, or veneration; entitled to extreme reverence; venerable..

Affirm :: Affirm (v. t.) To declare, as a fact, solemnly, under judicial sanction. See Affirmation, 4..

Allowance :: Allowance (n.) The act of allowing, granting, conceding, or admitting; authorization; permission; sanction; tolerance..

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