Hence was introduced first of all the notion of a civil authority.

One of them was the mayor of Attu-themost important civil authority.

There are times that a civil authority loses control over the entire area.

Here commenced the encroachments of the military upon the civil authority.

He understood that it must be the civil authority that leads.

The governors of the provinces had no military force to support civil authority.

Moreover, the dependence of the emperor on the legions completely subverted the civil authority.

And supersession of civil authority was completely against Service Doctrine.

The soldiers, hitherto wavering, were assured by Lucien's civil authority and his treacherous eloquence.

But he was imprisoned and beheaded, having come into conflict with the civil authority.

All this immense store of spiritual and civil authority was now devolved on Gregory VII.

When he fell, civil authority was trampled under foot.

A few states succeeded either in totally excluding or else in subjecting it to civil authority.

Like civil authority, the military is a permanent and frequently the dominant feature of each civilization.

His duty is to support the civil authority.

It was a demand, an appetite, proceeding from the whole community, a worship of civil authority.