<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the power to determine, adjudicate, or otherwise settle issues or disputes; jurisdiction; the right to control, command, or determine.</li><li>a power or right delegated or given; authorization.</li><li>a person or body of persons in whom authority is vested, as a governmental agency.</li><li>persons having the legal power to make and enforce the law; government.</li><li>an accepted source of information, advice, etc.</li><li>a quotation or citation from such a source.</li><li>an expert on a subject.</li><li>persuasive force; cogency.</li><li>a statute, court rule, or judicial decision that establishes a rule or principle of law; a ruling.</li><li>right to respect or acceptance of one's word, command, thought, etc.; commanding influence.</li><li>mastery in execution or performance, as of a work of art or literature or a piece of music.</li><li>a warrant for action; justification.</li></ul>