Sentence examples for the authority to execute from inspiring English sources

He recommended mobile courts that had the authority to execute drug kingpins in their own provinces.

"The president's action is an affront to the process of representative government by circumventing Congress and with a directive he may not have the authority to execute," said Senator Charles E. Grassley of Iowa, the senior Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee.

While Maria has the authority to execute without presenting the materials to Nancy, Nancy insisted on seeing everything before moving forward.

The Roman governor Pontius Pilate, who alone had the authority to execute Jesus, focused on his political identity: "Are you the king of the Jews?" (Matthew 27:11).

It is telling that the Roman governor Pontius Pilate, who alone had the authority to execute Jesus, focused on his political identity: "Are you the king of the Jews?" (Matthew 27:11).

Halifax was once part of the Manor of Wakefield, where ancient custom and law gave the Lord of the Manor the authority to execute summarily by decapitation any thief caught with stolen goods to the value of 13½d or more, or who confessed to having stolen goods of at least that value.

For months now, reports of abuse from former students have swirled about the ranch, prompting the authorities to execute a search warrant at Tierra Blanca on Friday.

"Merging the ability to conduct surveillance that reveals every aspect of a person's life with the ability to conjure up the legal authority to execute that surveillance, and finally, removing any accountable judicial oversight, creates the opportunity for unprecedented influence over our system of government".

President Obama has the legal authority to execute these actions and they are important measures which will provide much needed relief to our communities as we wait for Congressional action.

We are assessing the implications of yesterday's decision for each one, to ensure that the Commission has adequate authority to execute the mission laid out in the Plan".

An affidavit filed by the receiver indicates that Cisneros did this for "tax reasons" and that Illarramendi and the others had exclusive authority to execute trades.