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rightful authority

noun as in eminent domain

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It is the first yielding of the untrained will to rightful authority, and as such, has an immense significance.

Their wills or wishes have no more rightful authority over us, than have the wills or wishes of men who lived before the flood.

I care not whether Slavery is retained or abolished by the people of the States in which it exists—the only rightful authority.

The conscience, no longer perplexed and overborne by evil desires, becomes able to assert its rightful authority.

And he had admitted Philemon's rightful authority, v. 10, by saying: "I beseech thee for my son Onesimus."

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On this page you'll find 7 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to rightful authority, such as: angary, divine right, lawful authority, legal authority, legitimacy, and right of eminent domain.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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