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au·thor·i·ty A0532200 (ə-thôr′ĭ-tē, ə-thŏr′-, ô-)n. pl. au·thor·i·ties 1. a. The power to enforce laws, exact obedience, command, determine, or judge.b. One that is invested with this power, especially a government or body of government officials: land titles issued by the civil authority.2. Power assigned to another; authorization: Deputies were given authority to make arrests.3. A public agency or corporation with administrative powers in a specified field: a city transit authority.4. a. An accepted source of expert information or advice: a noted authority on birds; a reference book often cited as an authority.b. A quotation or citation from such a source: biblical authorities for a moral argument.5. Justification; grounds: On what authority do you make such a claim?6. A conclusive statement or decision that may be taken as a guide or precedent.7. Power to influence or persuade resulting from knowledge or experience: political observers who acquire authority with age.8. Confidence derived from experience or practice; firm self-assurance: played the sonata with authority.
[Middle English auctorite, from Old French autorite, from Latin auctōritās, auctōritāt-, from auctor, creator; see author.]Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  authorities - the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit; "the government reduced taxes"; "the matter was referred to higher authorities"government, regimegoverning, government activity, government, governance, administration - the act of governing; exercising authority; "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of government"polity - a politically organized unitauthoritarian regime, authoritarian state - a government that concentrates political power in an authority not responsible to the peoplebureaucracy - a government that is administered primarily by bureaus that are staffed with nonelective officialsancien regime - a political and social system that no longer governs (especially the system that existed in France before the French Revolution)royal court, court - the sovereign and his advisers who are the governing power of a stateDowning Street - the British governmentempire - a group of countries under a single authority; "the British created a great empire"federal government - a government with strong central powersgovernment-in-exile - a temporary government moved to or formed in a foreign land by exiles who hope to rule when their country is liberatedlocal government - the government of a local areamilitary government, stratocracy - government by the military and an armypalace - the governing group of a kingdom; "the palace issued an order binding on all subjects"papacy, pontificate - the government of the Roman Catholic Churchgovernment department - a department of governmentlaw-makers, legislative assembly, legislative body, legislature, general assembly - persons who make or amend or repeal lawsgovernance, governing body, organisation, administration, brass, establishment, organization - the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something; "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment"executive - persons who administer the lawjudiciary, bench - persons who administer justicejudicatory, judicial system, judiciary, judicature - the system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of governmentpupet regime, puppet government, puppet state - a government that is appointed by and whose affairs are directed by an outside authority that may impose hardships on those governedstate - the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state; "the state has lowered its income tax"division - an administrative unit in government or businessstate government - the government of a state in the United Statestotalitarian state, totalitation regime - a government that subordinates the individual to the state and strictly controls all aspects of life by coercive measuresgovernment officials, officialdom - people elected or appointed to administer a government |
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Related to Authorities: arthritisAuthoritiesGovernmental entities that have been created and delegated with official responsibilities, such as a county highway authority. In legal research and citation, entities cited as sources of law, such as statutes, judicial decisions, and legal textbooks. Parties support their positions in a lawsuit by citing authorities in briefs, motions, and other documents submitted to the court. Primary authorities are citations to statutes, court decisions, and government regulations that, if having the force of law, must be applied by the court to dispose of the issue in dispute if they are relevant to the matter. Secondary authorities are references to treatises, textbooks, or restatements that explain and review general principles of law that buttress a party's position in a lawsuit. Such authorities have no legal effect and can be disregarded by the court. Authorities are also cited by scholars in legal treatises, hornbooks and restatements to establish the bases of the statements and conclusions contained in the works. Cross-references Primary Authority; Secondary Authority. authoritiesn. 1) previous decisions by courts of appeal which provide legal guidance to a court on questions in a current lawsuit, which are called "precedents." Legal briefs (written arguments) are often called "points and authorities." Thus, a lawyer "cites" the previously-decided cases as "authorities" for his/her legal positions. 2) a common term for law enforcement, as in "I'm going to call the authorities" (i.e. police). (See: precedent, cite, brief) AUTHORITIES, practice. By this word is understood the citations which aremade of laws, acts of the legislature, and decided cases, and opinions ofelementary writers. In its more confined sense, this word means, casesdecided upon solemn argument which are said to 'be authorities for similarjudgments iii like cases. 1 Lilly's Reg. 219. These latter are sometimescalled precedents. (q.v.) Merlin, Repertoire, mot Autorites.
2. It has been remarked, that when we find an opinion in a text writerupon any particular point, we must consider it not merely as the opinion ofthe author, but as the supposed result of the authorities to which herefers; 3 Bos. & Pull. 361; but this is not always the case, and frequentlythe opinion is advanced with the reasons which support it, and it must standor fall as these are or are not well founded. A distinction has been madebetween writers who have, and those who have not holden a judicial station;the former are considered authority, and the latter are not so consideredunless their works have been judicially approved as such. Ram. on Judgments,93. But this distinction appears not to be well founded; some writers whohave occupied a judicial station do not possess the talents or the learningof others who have not been so elevated, and the works or writings of thelatter are much more deserving the character of an authority than those ofthe former. See 3 T. R. 4, 241. authorities
Related to authorities: arthritisSynonyms for authoritiesnoun the organization that is the governing authority of a political unitSynonymsRelated Words- governing
- government activity
- government
- governance
- administration
- polity
- authoritarian regime
- authoritarian state
- bureaucracy
- ancien regime
- royal court
- court
- Downing Street
- empire
- federal government
- government-in-exile
- local government
- military government
- stratocracy
- palace
- papacy
- pontificate
- government department
- law-makers
- legislative assembly
- legislative body
- legislature
- general assembly
- governing body
- organisation
- brass
- establishment
- organization
- executive
- judiciary
- bench
- judicatory
- judicial system
- judicature
- pupet regime
- puppet government
- puppet state
- state
- division
- state government
- totalitarian state
- totalitation regime
- government officials
- officialdom
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