The phrase "authority to surrender" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where someone is granted the power or permission to give up or relinquish something, often in legal or formal situations.
Example: "The board granted the CEO the authority to surrender the company's assets in the event of bankruptcy."
Alternatives: "power to relinquish" or "permission to yield".
If it decides the country is not prepared to hold a fair and competent trial, it can order Libyan authorities to surrender him at The Hague.
Judges at the International Criminal Court on Wednesday ordered Libyan authorities to surrender Seif al-Islam el-Qaddafi, a son of Libya's former leader Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, and send him to the court in The Hague "without further ado".
That message appeared this week on dozens of billboards and in graffiti on walls across Gaza, as the Hamas government began an intensive one-month campaign to urge people who collaborate with the Israeli authorities to surrender willingly in exchange for amnesty.
The Italians blockaded the port and the Duke requested permission to issue an ultimatum for the Ottoman authorities to surrender the ship lest he bombard the city with Vettor Pisani and the battleship.
Bishop O'Brien, who agreed to surrender authority in sexual abuse cases, did not respond to requests for comment.
The region's hereditary ruler, a vain, portly lord with thick plastic-framed glasses and a lush white mustache, has decided to surrender authority to an elected official.
The military that seized power with Mr. Mubarak's fall rebuffed protesters' demands to surrender authority this week, and the political elite has seemed paralyzed or defensive over the unrest.
Daniel Gallagher, an S.E.C. commissioner who opposed Ms. Schapiro's plan, said that he did not want to surrender authority to the council of regulators and that he would continue pushing S.E.C. staff to study the potential impact of any changes.
"There is no longer any possibility of mutual understanding with this regime and he has no choice but to surrender authority to the people," said Yassin Noman, the coalition's rotating president.
