plural of appeal to authority

A public authority which operates a port or other transportation infrastructure.

(business) The authority of an employee acting unilaterally to commit an employer to a contract. / (business) The maximum value of such contract.

(euphemistic) Disobedience, a disinclination to obey.

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.

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

(Canada, US law) The claimed legitimization of a person's acts by his/her role as an agent of governmental power.

(computing) An organization that issues digital certificates for use by other parties.

(aviation) The degree of control that the rudder can exert over the yawing motion of an aircraft; related to rudder design and airspeed.

(aviation) The degree of control that the ailerons can exert over the rolling motion of an aircraft; related to aileron design and airspeed.