{"id":358777,"date":"2013-01-28T16:34:14","date_gmt":"2013-01-28T21:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.findlaw-admin.com\/ability-law\/dictionary\/definition\/authority.html"},"modified":"2013-01-28T16:34:14","modified_gmt":"2013-01-28T21:34:14","slug":"authority","status":"publish","type":"dictionary","link":"https:\/\/dictionary.findlaw.com\/definition\/authority.html","title":{"rendered":"Authority"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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n<\/p><\/dt>\n

pl:<\/i> -ties<\/b>
1<\/b> :<\/b> an official decision of a court used esp. as a precedent
2 a<\/b> :<\/b> a power to act esp. over others that derives from status, position, or office [the of the president]
;also<\/i>
:<\/b> jurisdiction <\/a>
b<\/b> :<\/b> the power to act that is officially or formally granted (as by statute, corporate bylaw, or court order) [within the scope of the treasurer’s ] [police officers executing a warrant…are not required to “knock and announce” their and purposes before entering “National Law Journal<\/i>“]
c<\/b> :<\/b> power and capacity to act granted by someone in a position of control
;specif<\/i>
:<\/b> the power to act granted by a principal to his or her agent <\/p>\n

actual authority<\/b>
:<\/b> the authority that a principal in reality has granted to an agent <\/p>\n

actual express authority<\/b>
:<\/b> the actual authority of an agent specifically stated or written by the principal <\/p>\n

actual implied authority<\/b>
:<\/b> the actual authority of an agent that the principal has not specified but has purposely or through negligence allowed the agent to believe has been granted <\/p>\n

apparent authority<\/b>
:<\/b> the authority that a principal purposely or through negligence allows a third party to believe that the principal’s agent has although such authority has not in reality been granted called also authority by estoppel<\/i> ostensible authority<\/i> NOTE: A principal is bound by the acts of an agent acting with apparent authority. <\/i> <\/p>\n

express authority<\/b>
:<\/b> authority that is explicitly granted to an agent by a principal called also expressed authority<\/i> stipulated authority<\/i> <\/p>\n

implied authority<\/b>
:<\/b> the authority to perform acts that are customary, necessary, and understood by an agent as authorized in performing acts for which the principal has given express authority <\/p>\n

ostensible authority<\/b>
:<\/b> apparent authority <\/a> in this entry <\/p>\n

stipulated authority<\/b>
:<\/b> express authority <\/a> in this entry
3<\/b> :<\/b> a person in a position of power and esp. a public office usually used in pl. [the local authorities<\/i>]
4 a<\/b> :<\/b> a government agency or corporation that administers a revenue-producing public enterprise [the transit ]
b<\/b> :<\/b> a government agency or public office responsible for an area of regulation [should apply for a permit to the permitting ] <\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

Source: Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law \u00a91996. Merriam-Webster, Incorporated. Published under license with Merriam-Webster, Incorporated.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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