The phrase "authority stood" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are describing a situation where an authority figure is present or has taken a position on a matter.
Example: "In the meeting, the authority stood firm on the decision to proceed with the project despite the objections."
Alternatives: "the authority remained" or "the authority held".
On a second level of authority stood the apostolic letters, especially those of Paul.
She suggested that the authority stood to save money by relocating emergency gates, which fare-beaters often slip through after passengers prop them open.
But Sharon handled the pullout unilaterally, which allowed Hamas to claim — not wrongly — that it pushed out the Israelis by force, while the Palestinian Authority stood by impotently.
Ambrosio spoke with such authority, stood so stubbornly in opposition to the world I lived in, that I could feel him lifting me, however momentarily, from the unceasing current of my other life to the shore of his.
By 1250, he took Damascus with relative ease and except for Hama and Transjordan, an-Nasir Yusuf's direct authority stood unbroken from the Khabur River in northern Mesopotamia to the Sinai Peninsula.
That goes especially for members of the United Nations Security Council, whose authority stands behind the international tribunal.
Under current eurozone rules, no fiscal authority stands directly behind the ECB.
The living wage, set by the Centre for Social Research and the Greater London authority, stands at £7.45 for workers outside London and £8.55 for those in the capital.
While "the Palestinian Authority stands for a non-violent path to freedom, we have not been able to deliver," he said.Mr Abbas's men point to the renewed diplomatic momentum his UN initiative has precipitated.
He must be "good" not only in order to please his parents and not only to avoid being punished by them; behind their authority stands another, nameless and impersonal, infinitely harder to please, and bottomlessly cruel.
Now his popularity is on the wane, his Palestinian Authority stands accused of corruption and mismanagement, the peace effort is broken, and the American president will not even shake his hand.
