Sentence examples for authority to issue letters from inspiring English sources

When the crown ceased to grant arms directly, its powers were delegated to the heralds as commissioners, with authority to issue letters patent.

Because the Constitution vests authority in Congress to issue "letters of marque and reprisal" -- basically, licenses to private parties to attack and capture enemy vessels -- it is evident that the framers supposed congressional authority necessary to the deployment of military force even on a small scale.

Speaking in the Northern Ireland Assembly on Monday, Mr Robinson said that, in his view, there was no legal authority for the police to respond and the NIO to issue letters to On the Runs after 2010.

Indeed, this idea is grounded in the U.S. Constitution, which expressly invests Congress with authority to define piracy on the high seas and to issue letters of marque.

The right to issue letters of marque and reprisal?

The F.B.I. was given expanded authority to issue "national-security letters," a form of subpoena entitling the bureau to pry into the private lives of American citizens and visitors who were not the subject of a criminal investigation and might not even have been suspected of being terrorists or spies.

While a group of 20 GOP senators lead by Iowa's Chuck Grassley sent a letter to the president questioning his legal authority to issue the order, for the most part, the silence was deafening -- and reaffirmed the action.

She wrote a letter saying so to Horizon's lawyer, Lenore Brady, who responded that Ms. DeRosa had "no authority to issue opinions interpreting" the insurance plan.

Gadsden responded to the perceived offense by drafting and circulating a letter attacking Howe's intelligence and ability as a commander and questioning Howe's legal authority to issue orders to South Carolina Continentals.

Governors have the authority to issue pardons.

The law professors' letter, which reads like a legal brief, was intended as a response to administration officials who have said Mr. Obama does not have the authority to issue a reprieve for large groups of illegal immigrants.