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n.
The office, dignity, or authority of a vizier.
n.
A wand or staff of authority or justice.
prep.
Of or pertaining to a vicar, substitute, or deputy; deputed; delegated; as, vicarious power or authority.
v. t.
To annul; to make void; to deprive of force; to make of no authority or validity; as, to vacate a commission or a charter; to vacate proceedings in a cause.
n.
Legal strength, force, or authority; that quality of a thing which renders it supportable in law, or equity; as, the validity of a will; the validity of a contract, claim, or title.
n.
The power derived from opinion, respect, or esteem; influence of character, office, or station, or mental or moral superiority, and the like; claim to be believed or obeyed; as, an historian of no authority; a magistrate of great authority.
n.
The exercise of such authority; an act of prohibition or prevention; as, a veto is probable if the bill passes.
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A rod or staff, carried as an emblem of authority; as, the verge, carried before a dean.
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The doctrine of papal supremacy; extreme views in support of the authority of the pope; ultramontanism; -- a term used only by persons who are not Roman Catholics.
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One who strongly adheres to the papal authority; an ultramontanist.
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To clothe with authority, power, or the like; to put in possession; to invest; to furnish; to endow; -- followed by with before the thing conferred; as, to vest a court with power to try cases of life and death.
prep.
Denoting one who in certain cases may assume the office or duties of a superior; designating an officer or an office that is second in rank or authority; as, vice president; vice agent; vice consul, etc.
n.
Legal or rightful power; a right to command or to act; power exercised buy a person in virtue of his office or trust; dominion; jurisdiction; authorization; as, the authority of a prince over subjects, and of parents over children; the authority of a court.
n.
An officer who is deputed by a superior, or by proper authority, to exercise the powers of another; a lieutenant; a vicar.
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To place or give into the possession or discretion of some person or authority; to commit to another; -- with in before the possessor; as, the power of life and death is vested in the king, or in the courts.
v. i.
Proceeding from no known authority; unauthenticated; uncertain; flying; as, a vague report.
n.
A condition of belligerency to be maintained by physical force. In this sense, levying war against the sovereign authority is treason.
a.
Not warranted; being without warrant, authority, or guaranty; unwarrantable.
prep.
The governor of a country or province who rules in the name of the sovereign with regal authority, as the king's substitute; as, the viceroy of India.
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A staff of authority.
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