act on one's authority

  • 1act on one's own authority — index choose Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 2authority — au·thor·i·ty n pl ties 1: an official decision of a court used esp. as a precedent 2 a: a power to act esp. over others that derives from status, position, or office the authority of the president; also: jurisdiction b: the power to act …

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  • 3act — Denotes external manifestation of actor s will. Restatement, Second, Torts No. 2. Expression of will or purpose, carrying idea of performance; primarily that which is done or doing; exercise of power, or effect of which power exerted is cause; a… …

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  • 4act — Denotes external manifestation of actor s will. Restatement, Second, Torts No. 2. Expression of will or purpose, carrying idea of performance; primarily that which is done or doing; exercise of power, or effect of which power exerted is cause; a… …

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  • 5Act of Independence of Lithuania — The Act of Independence of Lithuania ( lt. Lietuvos Nepriklausomybės Aktas) or Act of February 16 was signed by the Council of Lithuania on February 16, 1918, proclaiming the restoration of an independent State of Lithuania, governed by… …

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  • 6Act III Broadcasting — was a company that owned several television stations that started as independents, and later became Fox affiliates. The stations were located in medium sized markets, and the company existed from the mid 1980s to the mid 1990s, eventually to be… …

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  • 7Authority — Au*thor i*ty, n.; pl. {Authorities}. [OE. autorite, auctorite, F. autorit[ e], fr. L. auctoritas, fr. auctor. See {Author}, n.] 1. Legal or rightful power; a right to command or to act; power exercised buy a person in virtue of his office or… …

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  • 8One Hundred Years of Solitude —   …

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  • 9One for the Road (Harold Pinter play) — One for the Road Hardcover ed., Eyre Methuen Ltd, 1985 (Cover photo: Ivan Kyncl) Written by Harold Pinter Date premiered 13 March 1984 …

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  • 10One strike, you're out — is a colloquial term for a policy adhered to by public housing officials in the United States which requires tenants living in housing projects or otherwise receiving housing assistance from the federal government to be evicted if they, or any… …

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