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The phrase "actual authority" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in legal or business contexts to refer to the power or right granted to an individual to act on behalf of another party.
Example: "The agent acted within his actual authority when he signed the contract on behalf of the company."
Alternatives: "real authority" or "genuine authority".
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Thus, the subjective component of actual authority was absent.
The subjective component of actual authority is determinative here.
They are the actual authority in the country, so they make the decision".
Understanding this exotic vocabulary made me feel more worldly somehow, an actual authority on all things American.
Lack of actual authority is established by showing either that the agent did not believe, or could not reasonably have believed, that the principal's grant of actual authority encompassed the act in question.
The written word, in this instance, has achieved a level of actual authority, it can stand as proof or evidence.
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One can only hope that authoritative journalism like this might eventually force the actual authorities to do something.
Not surprisingly, they now A) consider themselves famous and B) also consider themselves actual authorities on the current state of all things youth and pop culture.
The president has no actual political authority over this issue.
This discussion, however, tends to elide the important question of his actual legal authority.
Gay marriage per se, though, is different: The president has no actual political authority over this issue.
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