The phrase "authority defence" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing legal or philosophical arguments that rely on the authority of a source to justify a position or action.
Example: "In her essay, she employed an authority defence by citing several renowned scholars to support her claims."
Alternatives: "appeal to authority" or "argument from authority".
Later in November came the news that local authority flood defence funding would be cut by a third in 2015.
Lieut-General Kamal Matinuddin, an authority on defence affairs, wrote this week:Freedom movements generally go through three different phases: the organisational phase, guerrilla operations and the open-warfare phase.
"Normally, a local authority's defence is that they only had to survey that particular road every six months and the hazard did not exist at the time of their last inspection.
The courts also seem to be prepared to hold the line and require compliance with legal duties even where the public authority's defence is effectively 'we've got no money'".
The chutzpah will be amplified internationally in The Hague where Mladic is almost certain to refuse to acknowledge the tribunal's authority, decline defence lawyers, indulge in time-wasting theatrics and insult and intimidate witnesses, who will be subjected to the ordeal of revisiting the terror Mladic inspired in them in the 1990s.
The role of president is largely ceremonial, but carries authority in defence and foreign affairs.
In May, Sir Oswald, who had campaigned for a negotiated peace with Nazi Germany, was interned by the British Authorities under Defence Regulation 18B, along with most other active fascists in Britain.
Training of 'environment soldiers' can take place in cooperation with the various authorities responsible for overall defence, local authorities, county councils, universities and colleges but also environmental organisations, industry (e.g. the petro-chemical industry, the power industry, the mining industry and other processing industry) and international bodies.
87 people are dead and 201 people are injured according to the Saudi civil defence authority's Twitter posts.
The number of people injured in the crane's collapse has risen to 201, according to the Saudi civil defence authority.
