1.   A tribunal is given authority to Decide upon a particular issue.

2.   An act of the legislature is superior in authority to any court of law.

3.   But, in addition, it has also meant some surrender of authority to Washington.

4.   Critics say the law upsets the balance of power by delegating legislative authority to the executive branch.

5.   He refused to talk to reporters and was whisked away by the authorities to an undisclosed location.

6.   In further education, it devolves power from local authorities to local self-governing boards.

7.   It recommends that the government should set a firm date for these authorities to complete surveys of their water supplies.

8.   It was the latest instance of an attempt to lend religious authority to political violence.

9.   McGee says it was illegal for the department to delegate its authority to then-Mayor Robert Markel.

10.   Moreover, he can delegate that review authority to his investigators.