The phrase "authority to validate" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where someone is granted the power or permission to confirm or authenticate something.
Example: "The committee has the authority to validate the results of the election before they are officially announced."
Alternatives: "power to verify" or "permission to authenticate".
Even if a majority could be found for a Brexit settlement, this parliament lacks the authority to validate it as a good deal in the public eye.
At best, the scientists' role was to describe some of the science behind the content of the show, at worst they were simply used as a badge of authority to validate the pre-defined narrative.
"To be honest, it will take resources beyond our means and authority to validate primary performance data," he said.
First, this institute is a private non-profit organisation which has no legal authority and competence, and therefore has no authority to validate any extra-terrestrial property.
Islamic State authorities attempt to validate rape and forced marriage by way of an antiquated literal interpretation of passages of the Qur'an that say women and children captured during battle are slaves.
Imam told Al Hayat that his agreement was conditional upon meeting the Islamic scholars who Zawahiri insisted were in the group; clerical authority was essential to validate the drastic deeds these men were contemplating.
In the case of digital currencies, this means that no central banking authority is needed to validate the currency.
By using hands-on, interactive training devices, students will learn proper law library utilization: how to locate primary authority, how to use secondary sources, how to update research sources, how to validate authority using Shepard's, and how to utilize specific legal materials.
This is then sent at step (3) to the certifying authority as a request to validate its credentials.
Carter's willingness to hear our concerns forced Cuban authorities to inadvertently validate us and to acknowledge that there are other voices.
The fundamental theological problem of the early church was to validate the authority of Christ against both paganism and Judaism and to maintain the authority of the new religious community.
