Sentence examples for authorized to defend from inspiring English sources

The state attorney general, whose office is authorized to defend the statute, has appealed neither ruling.

"They're authorized to defend themselves but they're not required to fight to the last man," he said.

In the former Yugoslav province of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Security Council created "safe areas" to protect the predominantly Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) population from Serbian attacks, and UN troops were authorized to defend the areas with force.

According to a senior American diplomat who attended the briefing, Mattis declared that, if the Iranians attacked American forces, he was authorized to defend them — and that he expected retaliation.

And although the 1,600 U.S. troops on the ground in Iraq have not engaged in firefights with the Islamic State, they are armed and authorized to defend themselves.

& Warehouse case, the parties will obtain a decision here on a matter of moment to the public at large, although the State is not a party to the proceedings, and no party to the proceedings is authorized to defend the interests of the public...

While the calculation is that the mere presence of the foreign troops will be enough to maintain stability, the foreign troops will be authorized to use force to defend themselves and to maintain order in the capital.

The base appeared to be under the control of the attacking soldiers, who like most of the Russians in Crimea wore no insignia, and the ministry said that Ukrainian forces in Crimea were now authorized to use force to defend themselves.

The state is authorized to use force to defend property rights (6:256).

But a second RNC member — a state party chair also not authorized to speak publicly — defended McDaniel and said she was doing her job by waiting until the White House and Trump made a decision before she took her own position.

President Bush was authorized to use United States forces to "defend the national security of the United States against the continuing threat posed by Iraq" and to enforce all relevant U.N. resolutions on Iraq.