unrestricted authority

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Kate Kempton, senior legal counsel for the group, criticised the laws for giving the government "unfettered, unrestricted authority to wave a magic wand" and make development projects go forward, despite objections from indigenous communities.

From BBC • Jul. 16, 2025

The settlement doesn't prevent someone from constructing on the floodplain in the future, he said, but it shows that the government will not give unrestricted authority to potential builders.

From Salon • Dec. 2, 2022

Then," said Conniston, with quiet decision, "I want an absolute and unrestricted authority here.

From Under Handicap A Novel by Gregory, Jackson

He solved the problem by calling the board together, resigning his editorship, and making me editor-in-chief, with unrestricted authority.

From Recollections of a Varied Life by Eggleston, George Cary

There is in all this an image of empire; and the human mind is ever prone to be delighted in the exercise of unrestricted authority.

From Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author by Godwin, William