legal authority

Example Sentences

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By forming their own local government, Von Ormy citizens would have the legal authority to make their own laws.

From Salon • May 3, 2026

Who has legal authority to speak to doctors?

From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 2026

He added: "Remember that these cosplayers have no more jurisdiction or legal authority than ordinary citizens."

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

It "fails on the actual main goal: creating one true standard across Europe that creates legal certainty for our startups", since it defers legal authority to national courts, "aka 27 flavours of interpretation", it said.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

“In a post-9/11 world, we couldn’t get a single legal authority to agree with us on this point about ‘safety.’

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro