plural of authorized term

(information science) A term prescribed by a controlled vocabulary as the one preferable to its synonyms, such as frequency preferable to pitch.

plural of certificate authority

That author of a joint paper who is considered by the publisher to have submitted it for publication.

plural of corresponding author

(rhetoric) Deeming an assertion to be true because of the position or the authority of the person asserting it.

The whole of such public authorities, the governmental administration in the widest sense

plural of public authority

(uncountable) The act of securing authorization rights independently from the intermediaries that utilize them and the parties to which they apply

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.