1.   Charismatic authority - this is where authority rests on the ability to motivate others by the strength of personality.

2.   Legislative authority rests with parliament.

3.   All four denominations have always agreed that church authority rests essentially with the laity.

4.   But Gifford thought that Giuliani was overreaching by asking for line-item control of the school budget, stating that ultimate budget authority should rest with the chancellor.

5.   But the real authority rested with his boss, Mayor David Dinkins.

6.   His father was only an investor, Perot would say, while full, legal, decision-making authority rested with him.

7.   In fact, the ultimate authority rests on the president and the secretary of defense, as opposed to various courts of appeal in civilian and routine military cases.

8.   In the Episcopal Church, authority rests in a convention of bishops, priests and laity, which meets every three years.

9.   Metcalf says the GOP-dominated panel will listen, but indicates that the authority rests with Don Young.

10.   Rappaport proposed that a parallel authority should rest with the CFTC when a foreign board of trade lists a contract for future delivery of a commodity in the U.S.