public authority

noun

Definitions

Any authority which has a legal mandate to govern, administrate a part or aspect of…
Any authority which has a legal mandate to govern, administrate a part or aspect of public life, such as all branches of the executive power of a state, province, municipality etc.
In a wider sense also various chartered organisations holding their authority from the…
In a wider sense also various chartered organisations holding their authority from the above without being run by public officials

No curated loop yet for public authority. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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