Deeming the nation alone to be sovereign, they, as its representatives, claimed sole authority to exercise that sovereignty.
The British Museum, which claims ownership of the marbles and sole authority to negotiate their disposition, argues that Elgin, an art lover, had the permission of Ottoman authorities to remove the artworks from the temple that had fallen into disrepair.
In his subsequent book, The South Polar Trail published in 1929, Joyce also misrepresented the nature of his appointment to the Ross Sea party, omitting Shackleton's order placing him under an officer and claiming that he had been given sole authority over dogs and sledging.
"Sole" authority means the authority of one (sole, solo, etc).
The claim in today's opinion indicated that giving elected officials "sole authority to decide" whether to defend an initiative in court might "allow public officials, through inaction, effectively to annul initiatives that they dislike," just isn't correct.
The authors of this study claim sole responsibility for the concepts included herein.
In 2015, the Supreme Court rejected a claim by Arizona's Republican-led Legislature that the Constitution gave it sole authority over redistricting, and that a ballot initiative that shifted the task to a nonpartisan citizens commission was illegal.
According to internal documents the Guardian has seen, in June 2010 Pannu claimed by email to Birmingham City finance staff that Yeung had given him complete, sole authority over the club and its business dealings.
On Monday he issued an order stripping lawyers on the two sides of sole authority to choose an administrator and a medical panel to evaluate the plaintiffs' claims and said court approval would be needed.
But he did not have sole authority.
