Sentence examples for constituted authority from inspiring English sources

"You know both as military leader and former head of state that direct appeal, and incitement of law enforcement agencies and the military, against lawfully constituted authority is both reprehensible and extremely unfortunate," Mr. Obasanjo's letter continued.

The semantic problem is this: In the past, we applied the noun and adjective irregular to the activity of the nonstate, unofficial insurgents like gunmen, partisans and rebels who violently resist constituted authority.

The extension of an existing broadcast law to include restrictions on Internet messages that "incite or promote disobedience of the current legal order" or "refuse the legitimately constituted authority" has elicited concerns from press freedom groups.

The army chief, Gen. Alexander Yano, said that the violence on Monday was a "clear manifestation of the insincerity to the peace process of a significant portion," and that this was "a virtual declaration of war against the duly constituted authority".

The reason for this is that only a duly constituted authority can have the right to make such a proposal.

She added that the commission was a "lawfully constituted authority and respect for the rule of law is vital".

Watch out because only Garroni could find it in conformity with the legally constituted authorities.

But some became more activist, seeking to influence political decisions with petitions, to exercise surveillance over constituted authorities, and to denounce those they deemed remiss.

If it is true that the R.C.M.P. offered to turn a blind eye or even encouraged the violence, the legally constituted authorities could be said to have used the islanders as an unregulated auxiliary to get rid of Ronnie Ross.

Popular and serious culture afterward was infused with "the sense of absurdity, disjuncture and polarization, the loathing of duly constituted authorities," as the critic Robert Hughes wrote in a Time magazine review.

The Crown prosecutors believe, of course, that a mob put itself in the place of legally constituted authorities, while most residents of Grand Manan prefer to believe that islanders, regrettably, had to do what the R.C.M.P. seemed unwilling or unable to do.