Sentence examples for be authoritative in from inspiring English sources

The Law of Citations (426 ce) of Theodosius II, emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire, made Papinian predominant among five Classical jurists (the others were Gaius, Ulpian, Modestinus, and Paulus) whose works were to be authoritative in legal proceedings.

By different people partly it was because they wanted this text to be authoritative in some way, and so they tended to attach the name of a particular apostle to them or a particular disciple.

Beginning in the 12th century, the study of Roman law in the universities led to a renewed awareness of Roman conceptions of property, and in many areas a mixture of Roman law and canon law, known as jus commune ("common law"), came to be authoritative in the absence of local law.

There are no clear exemplars of the view that mathematical standards should be authoritative in philosophy of mathematics, hence the question mark.

Outside of that, try not to be authoritative in this arena.

In elections this close, anyone who thinks they can be authoritative in knowing exactly what is going on is fooling themselves.

His Grammar of the Persian Language (1771) was authoritative in the field for a long time.

Mr. Schepkin was authoritative in his delivery, and persuasive, but rarely beguiling.

She is authoritative in parliament – superficial attacks on her bounce off.

Fabian Delph, playing with Jordan Henderson not quite fit enough to start, was authoritative in midfield, an English lead seemingly imminent.

2182 (White, J., concurring) (noting that Warner, although predating the Lanham Act, is authoritative in interpreting the Act).