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Meanings of lawful authority in English

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Usage of lawful authority in English
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It is high time Lulu was taught proper submission to lawful authority.
The Two Elsies / A Sequel to Elsie at Nantucket
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I make a careful judgment call and decide to exceed my lawful authority.
The Rhesus Chart
3
The man only waits for his lawful authority to begin.
Little Novels
4
They hardly knew how to go about defying lawful authority.
Greylorn
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Therefore, to resist or disobey lawful authority is to resist and disobey God Himself.
Baltimore Catechism, No. 4 / An Explanation of the Baltimore Cat...
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The auditor general said he could not find the lawful authority on which McKenzie relied.
The Guardian
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The authority of that power is no lawful authority.
The New York Times Current History: the European War, February, ...
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The testimony was given under oath, though there was no lawful authority for its administration.
In the Footprints of the Padres
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The charge for which you are arraigned, is that you have rebelled against lawful authority.
The Child at Home: The Principles of Filial Duty, Familiarly Ill...
10
You have dared to dispute-nayopenly to rebel, against the lawful authority of your father.
A Sicilian Romance
11
He had already lawful authority to raise that number to nearly three times as many.
Abraham Lincoln
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She had not only resisted but defied lawful authority.
Patsy
13
We wouldn't have the lawful authority to do that.
The Guardian
14
He has intentionally and without lawful authority been responsible for depriving a person of his liberty.
News.com.au
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Such a principle, if carried into execution, would destroy all lawful authority and produce universal anarchy.
A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Volu...
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Ay, that was an act of lawful authority.
The Two Admirals
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