The phrase "authority asserted" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where someone is claiming or stating their power or control over a situation or subject.
Example: "The committee's decision was based on the authority asserted by the lead investigator during the meeting."
Alternatives: "claimed authority" or "asserted power".
The Palestinian Authority asserted earlier this week that Hamas had killed Mr. Sharif in an internal feud.
His fabrications hold a particular fascination because of the moral authority asserted by his novels, and by his actions.
A Harvard law professor who is an adviser to Mr. Obama on legal issues, Laurence H. Tribe, predicted in an interview that Ms. Johnsen, as head of the Office of Legal Counsel, and Ms. Kagan, as solicitor general, would be particularly forceful in challenging the broad claims to executive authority asserted by the Bush administration.
Operating through permitting authority asserted under auspices of its Clean Air Act, the agency will now have a major say in the design of every major project in which fossil fuel is combusted or CO2 emissions are released.
Add to that, earlier this year a report into Facebook's revised privacy policy — commissioned by Belgium's data protection authority — asserted it violates European consumer protection law in a number of ways, including failure to secure valid consent from users to the processing of their data.
The authority asserted that the damages resulted from Sheikh Ahmad's complaint to the IOC about government interference.
The transportation authority asserts that it needs to bring its soaring pension costs under control to stave off future deficits.
Today the prime minister demanded that the European Union stop economic aid to the Palestinian Authority, asserting that the funds are used to buy weapons.
The political status of Jerusalem is one of the most contentious issues in any potential peace settlement between the Israelis and the Palestinians, with both the Israelis and the Palestinian Authority asserting that the holy city is their capital.
The political status of Jerusalem is one of the most contentious issues in any potential peace settlement between the Israelis and Palestinians, with both the Israelis and the Palestinian Authority asserting that the holy city is their capital.
In one of his last, injudicious statements, the general had posed what seemed to be a direct challenge to civilian authority, asserting that the president "does not have the right to interfere in the affairs of the military".
