Sentence examples for authorized act from inspiring English sources

First, punishment is an authorized act, not an incidental or accidental harm.

The president claimed that he, acting alone, can authorize acts of war, but can if he wishes ask Congress to approve and had done so in the case of Syria.

Whether exercising his discretion or acting on a petition from the school district, the governor was authorized to act only as an agent of the Assembly.

The individuals who are authorized to act on behalf of the LLC are said to have "governing authority".

Judges determining pretrial release are not authorized to act as social workers or agents of public retribution.

Delany's main complaint was with the N.C.A.A.'s use of the rule-of-agency principle — when a person is authorized to act on someone else's behalf.

"They are not authorized to act independently of the law to 'round up' Al Qaeda members or any other criminals themselves".

Late last year, Ms. Lord and several former presidents of the club filed a lawsuit, saying that Ms. Van Tassell had taken over the club illegally and was not authorized to act on its behalf.

While The DAO is a group of people authorized to act as a single economic entity, no governmental body recognizes it as such.

Wikipedia defines a corporation as "a company or group of people authorized to act as a single entity (legally a person) and recognized as such in law".

Rutte said that to ensure order, security forces were authorized to act with a "firm hand".