The phrase "authorized definition" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a definition that has been officially approved or recognized by a relevant authority or organization.
Example: "The authorized definition of the term can be found in the official documentation provided by the regulatory body."
Alternatives: "official definition" or "approved definition".
"At my direction, over the last three months, each Military Service reviewed its definitions of authorized and prohibited hairstyles, and eliminated offensive language, including the terms 'matted and unkempt' from both the Army and the Air Force grooming regulations," Hagel said in his letter to CBC Chairwoman Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio) Tuesday.
The standard procedure at UW is that all subjects with cognitive impairment have a legally authorized representative (using Washington statutory definition) co-sign all consents.
The expansion of the definition of collateral was authorized by the Federal Open Market Committee, the policy-making arm of the Federal Reserve, which met Tuesday and Wednesday.
Among the many absurd things Ms. Rice did was to offer this argument that waterboarding is legal: "By definition, if it was authorized by the president, it did not violate our obligations under the Convention Against Torture".
"By definition, if it was authorized by the president, it did not violate our obligations under the Conventions Against Torture," Ms. Rice said, almost quoting Nixon's logic: "When the president does it, that means that it is not illegal".
Judges have warned that the law's definition of what "exceeds authorized" access is so vague that "gchatting with friends, playing games, shopping or watching sports highlights" at work might be crimes.
"And so, by definition, if it was authorized by the president, it did not violate our obligations under the Conventions Against Torture".
We filmed her at Stanford University claiming, Nixon-like, that "by definition, if the President authorized it, it did not violate our obligations under the Convention against Torture".
Look at what she said: "[B]y definition, if it was authorized by the president, it did not violate our obligations under the Convention Against Torture".
