He had effective authority to prosecute civil servants and other public officials including, on occasion, ministers themselves.
Together, the Permanent Members form the North Atlantic Council (NAC), a body which meets together at least once a week and has effective governance authority and powers of decision in NATO.
The latter law, which appears to be aimed pointedly at the Crimea situation, says territories can be added by a local referendum "in the case that a foreign country does not have effective sovereign state authority".
It proved to be weak and to have little effective authority, which led the nation into anarchy, ravaged by political faction struggles and countless rebellions.
The regency had little effective authority, resulting in nine years of chaos, during which the country was plagued by rebellions and coup attempts initiated by unruly political factions.
Rampant individualism and a rights culture have broken down these social networks and eroded effective authority.
In particular, there is no distinction between effective authority and legitimate authority in Hobbes' thought.
"With the adoption of regulations effective April 2, 2018, the DMV has the authority to issue permits for driverless testing or deployment of autonomous vehicles.
The President of the United States has authority to suspend the effective date of Title III for discrete six-month periods if the President determines that the suspension is necessary to the national interests of the United States and will expedite a transition to democracy in Cuba" (See Section 306(b)(1)(a) of the Act).
Justified authority is what effective authorities claim, or what they are generally recognized to have.
