legal authority

Example Sentences

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The hearing carries no legal authority, but was planned with the intention of keeping the Epstein case in the spotlight.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

These standards reflect a societal judgment about how much uncertainty is acceptable before exercising legal authority.

From Salon • May 12, 2026

It "fails on the actual main goal: creating one true standard across Europe that creates legal certainty for our startups", since it defers legal authority to national courts, "aka 27 flavours of interpretation", it said.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

Those released are typically people whom ICE arrested but doesn’t have legal authority to continue detaining.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

“In a post-9/11 world, we couldn’t get a single legal authority to agree with us on this point about ‘safety.’

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro