Authority (from the Latin auctoritas) is a right conferred by recognized social position. Authority often refers to power vested in an individual or organization by the state. Authority can also refer to recognized expertise in an area of academic knowledge. An Authority (capitalized) refers to a governing body upon which certain authority (with lower case a) is vested.
Other articles related to "authority":
... Constitutionally, the governor has very limited executive authority to manage the government of the state most exercisable powers over state agencies are held by independent elected ... powers, governors also have a considerable degree of statutory authority ... Most of the authority exercised by governors on a daily basis is derived from statute, giving the General Assembly a great degree of power to expand or ...
... and became a member of Dyfed County Council Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority and Pembrokeshire Police authority ... County Council on its formation as a Unitary Authority before being adopted as Parliamentary candidate for the Preseli Pembrokeshire constituency ...
... The concept of authority (of the facilitator) is one which can cause confusion ... Heron espouses three alternates (initially in the educational context) as being Tutelary Authority - based on the competences and skills of the Tutor/Facilitator ... particularly in the planning dimension.) Charismatic Authority - influence by presence, style and manner ...
... schools claim that popularly based authority can maintain order more effectively than dictatorial authority for governments and schools alike ... schools today, where rules are arbitrary, authority is absolute, punishment is capricious, and due process of law is unknown ...
... that identifies the Root Certificate Authority (CA) ... on the ITU-T X.509 standard, which normally includes a digital signature from a certificate authority (CA) ... digital certificate is the Root Certificate Authority (CA) ...
Famous quotes containing the word authority:
“When the nature of the thing is incomprehensible, I can acquiesce in the Scripture: but when the signification of words is incomprehensible, I cannot acquiesce in the authority of a Schoolman.”
—Thomas Hobbes (1579–1688)
“The idea of feminine authority is so deeply embedded in the human subconscious that even after all these centuries of father-right the young child instinctively regards the mother as the supreme authority. He looks upon the father as equal with himself, equally subject to the woman’s rule. Children have to be taught to love, honor, and respect the father.”
—Elizabeth Gould Davis (b. 1910)
“In colonial America, the father was the primary parent. . . . Over the past two hundred years, each generation of fathers has had less authority than the last. . . . Masculinity ceased to be defined in terms of domestic involvement, skills at fathering and husbanding, but began to be defined in terms of making money. Men had to leave home to work. They stopped doing all the things they used to do.”
—Frank Pittman (20th century)