legal authority

Example Sentences

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A union that holds exclusive legal authority over a group of workers should be able to show they actually want it that way.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 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

The move sparked criticism from lawmakers, cultural figures and members of the Kennedy family, some of whom questioned whether the renaming had legal authority without congressional approval.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

Determine whether the attorney had the legal authority to add himself to the accounts.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 3, 2026

What is more, the members of the committee could be held personally responsible for all of this money because they had no legal authority to borrow or spend it.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy