The phrase "a general authority" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a broad or overarching power or influence that governs or guides actions or decisions in a particular context.
Example: "The organization operates under a general authority that ensures compliance with industry standards."
Alternatives: "an overarching authority" or "a broad authority".
In Celebes and the Moluccas, where the Dutch had long exercised a general authority, a new instrument the Short Declaration (in contrast to the earlier Long Contract)—bound local rulers to accept the control of Batavia.
Some blog commenters were "calling for my head for publicly disagreeing with a general authority," said Riess, who lives in Cincinnati.
Now, a further thrust to solidify the institution as a general authority on terrorism (with its own particular stance of tying al Qaeda to larger "Islamist" movements) is becoming apparent.
Further complicating its decisions, the museum's focus on generalizing about political violence is actually opposed to its original government charter, which restricts it from becoming a general authority on terrorism, and even from addressing the motivations of al Qaeda.
A few weeks ago, Egypt's transitional authorities struck a blow against the labor movement and all activists, with legislation that would make it a crime, punishable by fine or imprisonment, "for anyone who organizes a protest or an activity which may result in preventing or slowing down the work of a state institution, a general authority or a public or private workplace".
Jacob de Jager, who would later be an LDS general authority, was among the immigrant converts.
A lawyer for the cities, Thomas C. Goldstein, responded that there are times when courts should draw distinctions between an agency's general authority to interpret a law and its specific authority to interpret a particular provision of the law based on the text of the statute.
As presently organised, the holy see's secretariat of state is a strange beast, combining an admired and over-stretched diplomatic corps with a shadowy bureaucracy that has general authority over the whole papal power structure.
Although the President acts in his personal discretion in the exercise of certain functions as a check on the Cabinet and Parliament of Singapore, he is otherwise required to act in accordance with the advice of the Cabinet or of a Minister acting under the general authority of the Cabinet.
In fact, the President is generally required to act in accordance with the advice of the Cabinet, or of a Minister acting under the general authority of the Cabinet, in the exercise of his functions under the Constitution or any other written law, unless the contrary is expressly provided for.
It would give the Attorney General authority to stop a firearm or explosive sale when a background check reveals the buyer is a known or suspected terrorist who the Attorney General reasonably believes may be planning mayhem.
